oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to kill (one's master, king, father, etc.); to murder; to assassinate
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
fertile; rich; productive
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
popular will; will of the people
strong nation; powerful country
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
attenuation; damping; decay
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
tingling; stinging; pungently
to understand; to make out
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
high grade; special grade; classy
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
petty official; minor official
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
great war; great battle; world war
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
the ocean; the great deep
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
self-interest; selfish desire
self-purification; self-cleansing
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust