contract; compact; agreement
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
federation; federal state; United States of America
number of persons; personnel
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
foreign enemy; outside invader
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
armed might; military power; the sword; force
disturbance; riot; mayhem
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
resolution; decision; vote
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
beginning; outset; first; onset
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
country; territory; domain; realm
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
resolution; vote; decision
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication