plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
(United States of) America; USA
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
import; importation; introduction; afferent
comparatively high; fairly expensive
way of asking; way of listening; listener
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
military force; military strength
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
absence; disregard; indifference
to rock; to shake; to swing
preface; introduction; preamble
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs