to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
founder of a religious sect
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
caliph; chief civil and religious Muslim ruler (prior to 1924)
authority; power; influence
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
Damascus (Syria); Dimashq
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more