defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
excellent speech; masterly speech
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
custom; made or built to order; customs (government agency)
body; group; party; company; troupe
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
world peace; peace of the world