start; commencement; beginning; initiation
aerial refueling; in-flight refueling
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
putting into operation; invocation
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
huge; enormous; great big
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
defense; defence; protection
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
final; eventual; ultimate
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction