drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
regulars; regular soldiers
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
(within a) territory; domains
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
impossible to do (although wants to)
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
green light; (giving) permission; OK
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
in order; sequential; seriatim
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
standby; preparation; arrangement
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer