to launch a surprise attack
matter of time; question of time
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
direct descent; direct line
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
to spit out; to eject; to dump
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
hegemony; leadership; initiative
family; relatives; dependents; household
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
economic; financial; fiscal
aggression; invasion; raid
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
river; stream; River; the ... river
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
and yet; though; when; in spite of