to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
armed might; military power; the sword; force
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
disparaging term; derogatory term; derogatory name
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
potentiality; dormancy; latency
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
high-quality goods; luxury item
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
clothes; clothing; garments
general; popular; common; typical
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
invisibly; secretly; privately
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut