approval; license; licence; permission
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
report; notification; registration
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
successive generations; successive emperors
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
internal conditions; true state of affairs
same family (race, tribe)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
division into equal parts; equal parts
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
(appropriate for) one's age
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction