environment; surroundings; circumstances
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
management; administration; operation
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
political measures; policy
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
level; standard; water level
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
each place; various places
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
in the end; on top of that
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
occupational ability; function; role
grade; class; degree; magnitude
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
home; household; family; hearth
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
material; materials; data; information; documents
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to eat up; to consume (completely)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
to be worried; to be troubled
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
general term; generic name
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written