to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
river; stream; River; the ... river
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
Hamah (Syria); Hamer; Hammer
clerk; office worker; office staff
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
pre-war days; before the war
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
company management; managing a company
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
leader; central personage
information bureau; intelligence department
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
countries; (various) nations
foreigner; alien; stranger
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
spy; secret agent; spying
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
personal considerations; private circumstances; sincerity; genuineness; actual state of affairs; unvarnished circumstances
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
former years; formerly; a few years ago
important documents; important papers
to spit out; to eject; to dump
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis