offense and defense; offence and defence
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
way of speaking; intimation
calm; composed; cool; quiet
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
(for the) first time in one's life
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
strip-searching; security check
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
final; eventual; ultimate
protest; refutation; pleading
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
interior; inside; internal
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other