common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to speak; to hear a voice
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
freckles; buckwheat chaff
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
light brown; golden brown; tan
same generation; one's generation
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
armour (e.g. tank); armor
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
Germany and France; German-French
country; territory; domain; realm
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
being under military occupation
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
social; societal; societary