negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
everything one does; whatever one does
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
number of persons; personnel
failure; mistake; blunder
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
massing (of troops); gathering
remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
a second time; again; once more; twice
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault
countermeasure; counter-measure
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
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?")
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to have a chill run down one's spine
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
exit; way out; outlet; vent
maze; labyrinth; inner ear