obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
middle period; medium-term
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
everywhere; all over; throughout
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to palm off; to force a sale
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to complain; to make a complaint
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
individual; one by one; separate; each
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
to keep away; to keep at a distance
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
orphan; person without friends
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
compassionate; sympathetic