(religious) faith; belief; creed
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
area; region; district; locality
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
at that time; in those days
drought; long spell of dry weather
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
the West; the Occident; Western countries
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to seek a path; to find one's way
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together); latch; lock
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object