good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
man; male; masculine gender
work; labor; labour; toil
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
imagination; supposition; guess
inland districts; inland areas
maintenance; preservation; improvement
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
residing; living; dwelling
reform; reformation; reorganization
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
a considerable number; a fair number
until now; so far; up to the present
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
troubles both at home and abroad
to be a matter of life or death
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
when it becomes; when it comes to
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to order; to command; to appoint
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
private affairs; personal matter
inspection; examination; check
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously