permission; approval; authorization; license
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to break the silence; to break one's silence
soon; shortly; before long
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
group; party; team; squad; section
creation; Creation (by God)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
serious look (on one's face); straight face
old friend; old acquaintance
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to lean against; to set against
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion