attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
military force; military strength
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
United Nations (UN) Headquarters
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
simultaneous; all at once
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
hegemony; leadership; initiative
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
world situation; world affairs
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
fast asleep; dead to the world
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
5th day of the month; five days
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
without eating or drinking
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining