battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
marriage proposal; courtship
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
great physical power; animal strength
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to cross the line; to go too far
trauma (usu. psychological)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
the lower classes; the common people
however; having said that; but
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
preparation; arrangements
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
while; during (the time when)
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
one cause; one reason; one factor
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
(one's) previous marriage