trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
technique; art; skill; move
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
armed forces; military; troops
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to have a reason; to have an excuse
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
motherland; fatherland; native country
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
young noblewoman; princess
defense; defence; protection
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
same; similar; (just) like; equal
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to lose sight of; to miss