polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
young girl; lass; adolescent female
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
business; trade; operations; sales
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
main question; real issue at hand
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
sons and daughters; children; girl
getting on board; sailor; seaman
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
far away in the distance; in the far distance
armed forces; military; troops
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
to affect; to impact; to influence
economic blockade; embargo
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
amount of material resources
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
convention; tired tradition; old custom
consecutive victories; series of victories
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization