reigning; controlling; dictating
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
nothing but; none other than
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
logistics; supply; communications
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
all but dead; half killed
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
expertise; experience; knowledge
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
Haltman; Hartman; Hartmann
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
maximization; maximisation
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
property; fortune; means; assets
deportation; expulsion from the country
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
shell (e.g. electron shell)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
founder; originator; pioneer
young girl; lass; adolescent female