area;  zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
 pasture;  grassland;  meadow
 to separate (by distance, time, etc.);  to isolate;  to interpose;  to have between;  to alienate;  to estrange
 gorge;  ravine;  canyon;  glen
 neighborhood;  vicinity;  environs;  approaching
 place;  situation;  position;  location
 fall;  sinking;  surrender;  capitulation
 battle;  fight;  war;  struggle;  conflict
 information;  news;  intelligence;  information;  data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
 contacting;  (making) contact;  connection (with a train, bus, etc.);  joining (a railway line, etc.);  connection (between matters, incidents, etc.);  relation
 nonexistent;  not being (there);  unowned;  not had;  unique;  not;  impossible
 as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom");  wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
 certainly;  surely;  undoubtedly;  just;  precisely;  exactly
 secretly;  in secret;  unseen;  unobserved;  inwardly;  in private
 to fall into (someone's) hands;  to fall under someone's control;  to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
 no;  nay;  well;  er;  you're welcome;  not at all
 to give one's name (as);  to introduce oneself (as);  to claim to be;  to call oneself;  to reveal oneself (as);  to admit to being
 to live;  to reside;  to inhabit
 everyone;  anyone;  no one;  nobody
 to be aware of;  to know;  to notice;  to feel;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to remember
 name;  given name;  title;  fame;  renown;  pretext
 to plunder;  to grab;  to snatch
 (common) soldier;  rank and file;  army;  troops;  warfare;  strategy
 influence;  power;  might;  strength;  potency;  force
 to add;  to add up;  to increase;  to gather (e.g. speed);  to include;  to count in
 circumference;  outskirts;  environs;  (computer) peripheral
 just like that;  in the twinkling of an eye;  in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
 to destroy;  to overthrow;  to wreck;  to ruin
 no sooner than;  as soon as;  immediately after;  at the thought of;  when I think about
 blade;  sword;  forged blade;  wavy pattern on forged blades;  sharpness;  unhulled rice
 to arrive at;  to reach;  to sit on;  to sit at (e.g. the table)
 clotted blood;  gore;  sticky clots of blood
 (made of) stone;  stone-built
 fortress;  stronghold;  citadel
 town;  city;  municipal;  urban
 usurpation;  taking back;  dispossession
 here;  this place;  this point;  here;  these past ... (e.g. three years);  these last ...
 to arrive at (e.g. a decision);  to reach (a stage);  to lead to (a place);  to get to;  in the extreme case of; (arch.)  to come