denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
reality; actuality; hard fact
long ago; a long time ago; already
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to make a mistake; to blunder
how far; to what extent; up to what point
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
camping; campground; making camp
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
to have a meal; to take a meal
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
watering hole; watering place
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on