to take someone's life; to kill someone
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
patting; stroking; caressing
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
battlefield; battleground
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
survival; survivor; relic
few decades; many decades; several decades
successive generations; successive emperors
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
equality; impartiality; evenness
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
popular name; common name; given name
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
violent emotion; passion; fury
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)