explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
deadly serious; deadly earnest
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
conviction; belief; confidence
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
plural; multiple; several
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
border patrol; border guard; border guards
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
remembrance; recollection; recognition
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love