isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
land route; overland route; by land; overland
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
on the sea; surface of the sea
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
dark night; moonless night
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pregnancy; conception; gestation
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
race (of people); type of person
exposure to wind; severe criticism
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet