to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
letter; missive; note; mail
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
resentment; indignation; anger
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
encyclopedia; Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences (Diderot)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
Gaius Plinius Secundus; Pliny the Elder
Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
Briton (celtic inhabitant of historical Britain)
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
promotion; advancement; rising in rank