Dunkerque (France); Dunkirk
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
like this; this sort; this way
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
motherland; fatherland; native country
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections
to mind; to care; to worry
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
condition; situation; prospects
just the other day; quite recently
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
moment; brief space of time
British person; British citizen; Briton
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
image; figure; figure; form; image
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
district; section; sector
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
ash; embers; complete destruction
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life