setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
violent explosion; bursting
long time; long interval; for quite some time
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
deportation; expulsion from the country
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
treatment (of a person); dealing with
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
rule; reign; government; governing
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
at once; immediately; right now
to spend time (on doing something)
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
certainly; surely; definitely
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
recovery; rescue; recapture
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable