neighboring countries; surrounding countries
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
majority group (party, faction)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
oblique line; forward slash
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
possession (esp. of a territory)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
absorption; suction; attraction
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
crying face; face of a person who is crying
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
this (very thing); this precisely
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Hitler; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
revival; restoration; resuscitation
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
such a thing; something like that
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate