Vocabulary
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converting money into goods; purchasing
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
metonymy
brilliance
remote mountain village
policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby
sharp hearing
going a long way
expeditionary force
ocean navigation
sea lane
distal pronoun (indicating distance from both speaker and listener)
remote island; distant island
farsightedness
long gallop; long horse ride
reserved; shy; timid
magnanimous
magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
(open up) suddenly (of a view); widely; broadly
tie-in; package deal
bonus stock issue; rights stock issue; selling new stock for less than face value
sleeping while embracing another
habit of getting fussy unless held (of a baby)
eggbeater; whisk
short-lived company
fringe candidate
easy money
muzzle (of a gun)
gun carriage
gun metal
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
gun turret
the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells
gunboat
hail damage
private secretary
unfulfilled (by); unsatisfied (with); (still) not satisfied; leaving something to be desired
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently
saturated compound
saturation point