oral; verbal; spoken; parol
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
course; route; path; process; stages
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to gather; to collect; to assemble
is something that; is that which
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
territory; domain; dominion; possession
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
sympathy; compassion; pity
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
handicraft; industrial art object
import; importation; introduction; afferent
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
way of calling (something or someone)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge