ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
each nation; many nations; many countries
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
portion; potion (e.g. magical)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
although I say; although one might say; although called
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
just because; even if; even though
authority; power; influence
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
picking; collecting; harvesting
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start