work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
extensive; vast range; wide scope
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
secret; private; surreptitious
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
on bad terms; at loggerheads
dominion; territory; possession
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to blame; to find fault with
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
military affairs; military service
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
complication; confusion; disorder
to send or direct a person to
to go out and away; to leave
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
March; third month of the lunar calendar
national border; provincial border
being too late; losing one's final chance