First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
such a thing; something like that
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
adjustment; retouching (in photography)
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
title; index; heading; headline; caption
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
(divine) providence; dispensation
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to place firmly; to hit very hard
sentiment; sentimentality
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to knock down; to send flying
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception