passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
river; stream; River; the ... river
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
decision; judgment; resolution
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
return; relapse; recurrence
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
that is to say; so that means
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
survival; survivor; relic
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
attack; assault; attempt; try
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
main cause; primary factor