to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
but; however; provided that
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
(political) administration; political power
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
birthplace (e.g. of jazz, Buddhism); cradle (e.g. of civilization); place of origin
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
sanctification; consecration
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
conference room; place of assembly
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
artificial planet; man-made planet
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
summit meeting; summit conference; top-level meeting
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
by today; before the day is over
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
natural environment; (the) environment
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret