to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
more than usual; especially; particularly
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
nothing but; none other than
order; command; life; destiny; fate
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
word game; wordplay; playing with words
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
infant; baby; little child
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
every place; various places
dispersal; scattering; discrete
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
school; school building; schoolhouse
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
official history; authorized history
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
descendant; posterity; offspring
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)