conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
recovery; undoing; recall
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
to mix; to blend; to combine
preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil
rice cultivation; rice crop
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
mountain range; mountain belt
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
installation; setting; fitting; mounting
field gun; field artillery
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag