stability; steadiness; equilibrium
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
while; during (the time when)
locational advantage; advantageous position
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to play a leading role; to play a central part
foreign; abroad; overseas
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
enterprising; go-ahead; progressive
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
early on; earlier on; from early
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related