nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to serve; to work for; to attend
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
several years; a few years
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
dozens; scores of; decades
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
maintaining the status quo
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
impossible; unlikely; improbable
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
global scale; worldwide scale
complementation; supplementation; completion
alteration; falsification; faking
in that manner; like that
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to revere; to respect; to worship
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering