between both countries; bilateral
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
life or death; existence; destiny
entreaty; appeal; petition
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to trample down; to devastate
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
correlation; interrelation
rationalization; justification
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
motherland; fatherland; native country
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
heir; inheritor; successor
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
wicked tongue; abusive language
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly