headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
dealing with; coping with
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
chief; main; principal; major
to happen to have on hand or in stock
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(period of) a year; during an era
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
ruler; monarch; sovereign
happy; cheerful; pleasant
latent disposition; inner feelings
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
supreme command; direction over all
responsibility; duty; obligation
laughingstock; object of ridicule
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
interception; monitoring; tapping
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
information leak; intelligence leak
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)