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
near; nearby; not far off
scaling; climbing; ascending
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
generously; liberally; magnanimously
daily necessities; everyday item
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
everyday life; daily life
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
founder; originator; pioneer
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
success or failure; outcome; result
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
but; however; even though; even if
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
as expected; as predicted
stretching out (in a longitudinal direction); running; traversing; walking along the ridge of a mountain; traversing a mountain range; climbing (several mountains) in succession
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
theatrical adaptation; stage adaptation; adapting for the theatre (theater)
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help