recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
distribution network; distribution channels
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
one's own child; one's own children
such; this sort of; like this
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
world situation; world affairs
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
advocate; proponent; supporter
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
bipolarization; bipolarisation
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
to take command; to give direction
watchtower; observation tower; lookout
falling rocks; fallen rocks