firstborn; first child; eldest child
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
our country; our land; one's own country
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
dukedom; duchy; principality
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
border (between countries); national border
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
war; fighting; fierce competition
(not) even once; (not) ever
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
beginning; outset; first; onset
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a