activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
how many years; how long; what year
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
early (days); initial stage; initial
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
conscious; deliberate; intentional
in order; sequential; seriatim
to be led by; to be headed by
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
survival; survivor; relic
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
comparatively; relatively
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
multistoried; multilayered
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
here and there; everywhere
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
(act of) writing on a blackboard
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect