allegiance; obedience; submission
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
family; members of a family
motherland; fatherland; native country
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
just because; even if; even though
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to fulfill one's responsibilities
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to become excited; to grow lively
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover