three days and three nights
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
reset; fresh start; new beginning
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
scattered; separated; dispersed
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
postwar period; period after Second World War
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
raging fire; conflagration
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to make an appeal; to urge
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
way of talking; speaking style
vocal sound; tone of voice
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
error; mistake; slip; bug
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant