minimum; at the very least
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
again and again; repeatedly
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
by day and night; day and night; round the clock
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
contemplation; meditation
to invite in; to show someone in
subversion (of the state)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
external pressure; foreign threat
attraction; lure; invitation
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
secret; private; surreptitious
dozens; scores of; decades
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to shave off; to scrape off
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
flying column; detached force
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
very careful; thoroughly prepared
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
conventional forces; conventional military forces
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess