expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
legalization; legalisation
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
Afghan; Afghanistan; afghan (blanket, shawl)
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
constitution; rules; regulation
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to try everything; to leave no stone unturned
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
creation; Creation (by God)
at a stroke; with a single swoop
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way