base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
aggression; invasion; raid
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
patriarch; head of a family
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
due form; official; formality
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to live through; to survive
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
(political) power; authority; influence
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
going through; going via; going by way of
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless