to take measures; to take steps
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
our country; our land; one's own country
all; entire; whole; altogether
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
percent; per cent; percentage
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
great famine; severe famine
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
(within a) territory; domains
to be too numerous; to be too much
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
nice; likeable; desirable
settlement; solution; resolution
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to make an appeal; to urge
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
objection; dissent; protest
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)