house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
first generation; founder
to know personally; to have personal knowledge of
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
knowing; (an) acquaintance
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to have meaning; to be meaningful
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
one's own army; one's own team
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)
behind with everything; too late; reactive
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
guess; conjecture; surmise
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)