sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
justification; rationalization
otherwise; or else; if not
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
to blame; to find fault with
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
another family; another house
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
governments of various countries
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
instant; moment; for an instant
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
around the world; throughout the world
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
substitution; alternative; substitute