sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
one cause; one reason; one factor
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
the same; the said; likewise
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to unfold; to unroll; to open
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
decrease; reduction; decline
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint