claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
society; public; community; social studies
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
gossip; corner of the mouth
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
sublime; noble; high-minded
justice; fairness; impartiality
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
war; fighting; fierce competition
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
outbreak of war; starting a war
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
people; men and women; each person; everybody
people; citizens; subjects; folk
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
approval; acceptance; toleration