to head home; to leave for home
national border; provincial border
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
minimum; at the very least
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
fertile; rich; productive
country; territory; domain; realm
agricultural country; agrarian nation
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
opposite; reverse; contrary
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
bored; having nothing to do; idle
fine weather; fair weather
to watch steadily; to stare
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
inspection; examination; check
one's family; family member
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
occupation; calling; livelihood
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)