trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
(period of) a year; during an era
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
longing for; burning desire
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
massing (of troops); gathering
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
time axis; time basis; timeline
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
for example; for instance; e.g.
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation