world history; international history
to be remembered; to go down in history
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
very interesting; of great interest
people; men and women; each person; everybody
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
birth; creation; formation
genius; prodigy; natural gift
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
discovery; detection; finding
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
how; in what way; how about
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
don't you think?; indicates question
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)