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I've got to be going; I must go

1

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

2

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

2

plain; moor; prairie

3

patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling

10

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

2

grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

3

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

commanding officer

10

survival; survivor; relic

2

hostile relations; hostile relationship

1

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

worries; cares; troubles

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

1

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

1

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

2

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

1

grace period; moratorium

1

treaty; pact; convention; agreement

2

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

4

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

frequent occurrence

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

3

maintenance of public order; maintaining security

1

to fulfill one's responsibilities

1

merely for form's sake

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

instigation

1

armed group; armed insurgents

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

1

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

1

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

1

harassment; pestering

1

cost; expense

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

1

excuse; pretext

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

very small

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

to take someone's hand

2

captain; commander; commanding officer; leader

6

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

1

to think constantly about; to dwell on

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge

2