small number; few; minority
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
to emphasize; to attach importance to
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
perception; sensation; awareness
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
nothing new; same as always; nothing new about it
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
firm; strong; solid; stable
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
very rich person; the super rich
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
means of cajolement (trickery)
occasional; infrequent; rare
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch