-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
how should I know?; don't ask me
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
this and that; various things
secret information; intelligence
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
Leith; Leys; Raysse; Reiss
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated