the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
study; research; investigation
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
to incur someone's enmity
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
development; exploitation
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
recompense; indemnity; atonement
written request; request for ...; application for ...
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
to scatter away; to vanish
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
defense; defence; protection
number of persons; personnel
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
so; like this; in this way
to employ; to hire; to charter
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)