pioneer; settler; colonist
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
conviction; belief; confidence
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
advance; moving forward; progress
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
appearance; expression; manifestation
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
meaning; significance; sense
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)