bombarding; shelling; bombardment
war; battle; match; game; competition
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
black ground; black cloth
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
bow (of boat); prow; stem
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
Dark Continent (i.e. Africa)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece