junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
Georgia (country); Georgia (US state)
large-scale (mechanized, mechanised) farming; wealthy farmer
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
house where one was born; one's parents' house
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
climate and natural features (of a region)
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
small fraction; small proportion
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
to congratulate; to celebrate
moving tale; impressive tale
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
historic; historical; traditional
descendant; posterity; offspring
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
fellow sufferers pity each other
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)