local governments; cities, wards, towns and villages; municipalities
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
on that occasion; at that time; then; in that case
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
paper knife; letter opener
suddenly; all of a sudden
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
treatment (of a person); dealing with
strategy meeting; council of war
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
blizzard; furious snowstorm
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
sense of orientation; sense of direction
visual confirmation; sighting
stagnation; hindrance; delay
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to provide; to arrange; to install
to warm (up); to heat (up)
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
should time and circumstances permit