to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
disturbance; riot; mayhem
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
(political) administration; political power
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
class; heading; group; category
founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pride in one's strength or skill
thousands; several thousand
internal conditions; true state of affairs
powerful person; influential person
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)