hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
writing life; period of life spent writing
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to begin; to set about; to start
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
working in the fields; working on a farm
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
death in madness; dying insane
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
being under military occupation
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
starvation; famine; hunger
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
military service; conscription
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination