assertion; declaration; affirmation
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
few decades; many decades; several decades
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
war; fighting; fierce competition
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
at a young age; while still young
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
at that time; in those days
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
place of residence; dwelling place
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
one machine; one aircraft; one life
one's possessions; ownership
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
metre; meter; meter; gauge
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow