each nation; many nations; many countries
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
road maintenance; road improvement
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to challenge (a person) to a fight
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to add (to); to add on; to append
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
strong nation; powerful country
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
memory; ability to remember
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to say no more; to sink into silence
to intervene; to stop (something)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
thicket; coppice; brushwood