civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
in search of; in order to look for
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to set (sun); to become dark
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
match; game; bout; contest
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
that's a different matter; that's a different story
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to be consistent; to be coherent
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation