business; trade; operations; sales
New England (US, Australia)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
marshland; wetland; swampland
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
Pilgrim Fathers (early Puritan settlers in North America)
founder; originator; pioneer
Plymouth Rock (breed of chicken)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
death by hanging; execution by hanging
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
severe earthquake; violent tremor
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
study; pursuit of knowledge
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course