contemplation; speculation
pretense; affectation; showiness
carrier-borne attack aircraft
Le Fevre; Lefebvre; Lefevre
urban transport; urban transit
young and energetic; up-and-coming
capital participation; equity participation
dreadnought (class of warships)
prosit; cheers; to your health
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
republican form of government
an apprentice system; apprenticeship
increase the number of trains in operation; increase bond issues
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
haughty; arrogant; overbearing
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
internal (to a country); interior; home; national; domestic