government office; public office
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
regret; repentance; remorse
nominal; in name only; only by terminology
at a young age; while still young
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
government official; clerk
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
supply line; line of communications
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
remnants of a defeated army
for the first time in one's life
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
labor; labour; manpower; working force
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
supply; supplying; replenishment
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
national border; provincial border
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
urgent; pressing; exigent
Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate