direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
commencing with; including
to launch a surprise attack
to be needed; to be wanted
wounded person; injured person
how many people; a number of people
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
edge of town; outskirts of a village
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
dilapidated house; deserted house
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to entrust; to leave to a person
demonstration; show of force
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to some extent; to a certain extent
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult