braggart; boaster; big talker; big mouth; blowhard; bullshitter
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
primary cause; main factor
border (between countries); national border
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
first generation; founder
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
calculated; premeditated; considered
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
as one had hoped; as one wishes
rule; reign; government; governing
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
king; monarch; ruler; champion
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
hiding one's embarrassment
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
second generation; second; junior