dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
agricultural community; farm village; rural
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
sharing; division; draw; tie
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
someone (something) not to be trifled with
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
other than; excluding; without
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
discovery; detection; finding
difficult to ...; hard to ...
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
female genital mutilation; FGM; female circumcision; female genital cutting
wired; cabled; communication by wire
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
strategy meeting; council of war
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain