for the first time in one's life
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
worst; worst-case (scenario)
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
difficult to ...; hard to ...
combination; union; binding; bond
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
violent emotion; passion; fury
sense of duty (obligation)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
method of treatment; cure; remedy
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else