bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
while; even though; despite
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
aggression; invasion; raid
epidemic; plague; pestilence
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
request; appeal; claim; purchase
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)
street; quarter; district; area
development; exploitation
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
group; bunch; crowd; group
reopening; resumption; restarting
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
along the road; along the way
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
deep inside; innermost place
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
self-discipline; self-improvement
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to need; to call for; to require
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate