rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
long time; long interval; for quite some time
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
to taste; to savor; to relish
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
technological development
that country; (arch.) nirvana
other side; opposite side; other party
individual; one by one; separate; each
mobile troops; mechanized unit; mechanised unit; naval task force
means of transportation; transport service
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
viewing as a problem; problematizing
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
Miranda (Venezuela); Miranda
to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...
technical information; technical knowledge; know-how
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with