dominion; territory; possession
whole nation; whole land; whole country
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
enlightenment; instruction
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
to mark the end; to spell the end
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
human resources; man-power resources
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
beginning (of a century, etc.)
romantic school; romanticism
the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
the Industrial Revolution
courageous but doomed resistance
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to rest; to relax; to repose
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
division by 1000; one-thousandth
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with