isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(not) a single person; (no) one
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
next term; next period; next version; next release
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
property; fortune; assets
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
successive generations; successive emperors
to put into writing; to write
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
several years; a few years
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
deep emotion; strong feelings
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
carving; engraving; sculpture
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
they; those guys; those fellows
ill will; malice; evil intent