digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
skill; dexterity; master hand
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
abandoned child; foundling
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
one by one; one after another; successively
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
in name only; titular; nominal
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to forget completely; to leave behind
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
boy; son; baby boy; young man
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
mixed race; mixed parentage
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
wandering people; nomadic tribe
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
few decades; many decades; several decades
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)