feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
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?")
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
military clique; military party
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to give directions; to issue instructions
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
(necessary) personnel; required person
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
battlefield; battleground
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
assistance; backing; reinforcements