defense; defence; guard; policing; security
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
time; season; period; phase; stage
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities; to slip away; to abscond
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
arbitration; intercession; mediation
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt
proper; respectable; decent; honest
sad to say; how sad; alas
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy