tariff (import tax); duty; customs
grade; class; degree; magnitude
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
under control (e.g. of territory)
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
one's own property; possessions
to not believe one's ears
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
right of succession; right to the throne
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
another thing; exception; special case
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
main theater of war; principal battlefield
rise and fall (of nations); destiny
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to have a rumor circulating
orphan; person without friends
recommendation; endorsement
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory