to prowl after; to keep watch on
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
official announcement; proclamation
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
enemy territory; hostile place
aggression; invasion; raid
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
I have nothing to do with it
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
hard to get; hard to come by
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to summon; to get used to call
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to become possible; to become able to (do)