description; describing; depicting
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
outline; summary; argument
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
proposal; proposition; suggestion
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
federation; federal state; United States of America
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
departure; leaving; setting off
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
human resources; man-power resources
to pluck; to pick; to tear
how; in what way; how about
to accept; to receive; to agree
but; however; provided that
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
rather; sooner; preferably
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
of course; certainly; naturally
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle