literature; books (reference); document
MacReady; Macready; McCready; McCredie
industrialized nation; industrialised nation
agricultural country; agrarian nation
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(navigable) canal; waterway
railroad; railway; rail transport
New England (US, Australia)
hydraulic power; water power
spinning mill; cotton mill
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
one's post; place of work; workplace
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
quotation; citation; reference
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
money-making; earning money
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
equality; impartiality; evenness
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
income; receipts; revenue
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
our country; our land; one's own country
instability; insecurity; crankiness
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
descendant; posterity; offspring
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
pale; pallid; bluish-white