possession; occupation; occupancy
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
ordinary citizen; the general public
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
much less; to say nothing of
they; those guys; those fellows
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
military strength; military personnel
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
emotional strength; force of will
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
greatest mistake of one's life
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
pupil; disciple; follower