action; operation; effect; function
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
many; numerous; various; large number of
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
society; public; community; social studies
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
complete change; about-face
modernization; modernisation
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
job; work; duties; trade; skill
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to get strong; to gain strength
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on