huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
giving; provision; furnishing
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
opposite side; opposition
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
descendant; posterity; offspring
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
quick-witted; quick to understand