export; exportation; efferent
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
underground (film, theater, etc.); unconventional; alternative; underground (economy, press, etc.); unofficial; illegal
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
secret accounts; second set of accounts
client list; customer list
written request; request for ...; application for ...
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
treatment (of a person); dealing with
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
head of a sleeping person
as you can imagine; as imagined
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
the last moment; the very end
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to practice magic; to practise magic
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
mobilization; mobilisation
8000; eight thousand; many
national defence; national defense
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to appreciate; to be thankful
financial power; financial means; wealth
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
percent; per cent; percentage
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
wild card; wild card; wildcard (character)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
collective responsibility; joint liability
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster