plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
weather-beaten; bleached skull
(dead) body; corpse; remains
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
drinking bout; merrymaking
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
armed forces; military; troops
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
at least; at most; (even) just
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to fire into; to shoot into
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
torturing to death; tormenting to death
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
lightly; easily; carelessly
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge