at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
power; might; authority; influence
why; how; for what reason
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to