invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
formal; orthodox; in earnest
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
secret meeting; secret conference
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
and; thereupon; because of that
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to sit down; to take a seat
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
smoothly; easily; readily
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary