with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
detour; circumvention; turning movement
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to have meaning; to be meaningful
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
chance (of success); odds
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up