to intend; to be sure that
hostility; antagonism; opposition
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
the West; the Occident; Western countries
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
early (days); initial stage; initial
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
to be saved up (of money)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)