to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
the oppressed; downtrodden people
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
8th day of the month; eight days
forty-ninth day after a person's death
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
official name; formal name
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
fortress; stronghold; citadel
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
descendant; progeny; offspring
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
ancestor; forefather; foremother
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
that year; same year; same age
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
high-rise building; tall building; multi-storied building
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
estimate (of costs); budget
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
how many years; how long; what year
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
one large ...; a great ...
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
dividing into four; quartering
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse