foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
troops; group members; team members
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
company president; manager; director
(your) daughter; young woman
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
since when; from when; how long
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
objection; dissent; protest
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
exchangeable; convertible; transferable; replaceable
to wave a flag; to show the way
different culture; foreign culture
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager