both; many; various; together
leader; authority; mainstay
to mourn over the death of
very great; enormous; serious
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
one's long-cherished desire
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
(within a) territory; domains
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
image; figure; figure; form; image
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
spirit world; underworld; the next world