I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
by today; before the day is over
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
this is why; this means; it is the case that
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out