common language; lingua franca
people; men and women; each person; everybody
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
people; citizens; subjects; folk
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to take back; to recapture
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
the king and his feudal lords
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
country; territory; domain; realm
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
fertile; rich; productive
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
major powers of the world; great powers
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of