closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
all sorts of; all kinds of
private citizen; civilian
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
otherwise; or else; if not
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
sign of remorse; indication of regret
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
father and mother; parents
obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
tacit; unspoken; implicit
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
to detain; to check; to restrain
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
aggression; invasion; raid
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
around the world; throughout the world
world history; international history
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War