military superiority; military supremacy
sparing no money; regardless of expense
waste of effort; thankless task
refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
contract price; successful tender price
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
to start; to begin; to commence
complete lie; outright lie
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
decoy (for hunting); stool
to be settled; to be brought to an end
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
transport ship; troop ship
having gone too far to turn back