selection; choice; option
true state; actual condition; reality
choices; alternatives; options
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to take (be in) charge of
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Stronghold (2001 video game)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
stabilization; stabilisation
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
stopgap measure; temporary expedient
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
limited; limiting; restrictive
attack as a form of defense; attacking (active) defense
countermeasure; counter-measure
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that