national defence forces; national security forces
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to continue (going along some trend)
petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois
expulsion; excommunication
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
action; operation; effect; function
Schuman; Schumann; Shooman; Shuman
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
deep affection; dear; beloved
few decades; many decades; several decades
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
overestimation; overvaluing
one of these days; someday; one day
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
preface; foreword; introduction
to live through; to survive
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of