minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
German-speaking countries; German language sphere
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
difference; discrepancy; variation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
creation; generation; formation; derivation
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
stealthily; secretly; in secret
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
present-day science; modern science
event; phenomenon; matter
to teach; to take a teaching job
title of honour; title of honor
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery