acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
annexation; merger; swallowing up
most part; greater part; majority
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
physical geography; physiography
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
one part; one portion; one section
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force