fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
two times; twice; two degrees
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
curl; curly hair; ringlet
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to incur someone's enmity
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
almost; roughly; approximately
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
beginning (of a century, etc.)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
extermination; expulsion; destruction
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
few decades; many decades; several decades
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
imperial court; royal court
proposal; proposition; suggestion
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)