year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
prejudice; bias; distorted view
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
sense of values; values; value system
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
contradiction; inconsistency
autopurificatory activity (in the natural world)
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
other; another; over; more than; I; me
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
main question; real issue at hand
preface; introduction; preamble
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
literature; books (reference); document
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
natural disaster; cataclysm
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission