car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
ultimate; final; last; eventual
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to jar; to creak; to grate
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
no wait state memory (memory the CPU can access without requiring wait states); instant (e.g. for display speed of text in computer games)
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
end; close; conclusion; termination
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
fall; drop; descent; coming down