filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
stupid girl; stupid woman
father of one's country; father of the nation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience