one's first campaign; one's first battle
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
(some) more; even more; longer; further
imagination; supposition; guess
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
all; entire; whole; altogether
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
by means of; due to; because of; according to
impact of publicity or propaganda
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
besides; in addition; also; moreover
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
grandchild from a daughter married into another family