survival; survivor; relic
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
even though; despite; when
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
source of river; fountainhead
scale; scope; plan; structure
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
defense; defence; fielding