to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
railroad; railway; rail transport
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
next; secondly; subsequently
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
police officer; policeman; constable
mail clerk; post-office clerk; post-office worker; postal employee; postal worker
government official; clerk
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
Sinhalese people; Sinhalese person
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
customary; conventional; traditional; usual
residence; abode; dwelling
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
minority group (party); minority
majority group (party, faction)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
businessman; industrialist
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
discriminatory; discriminative
postwar period; period after Second World War