foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
how many people; a number of people
thousands; several thousand
construction; architecture (of buildings)
interruption; suspension; break
story; tale; talk; discussion
(necessary) personnel; required person
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
dozens; scores of; decades
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
unable to escape criticism; worthy of censure
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
together with; same; both; all; including ...
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to give; to do (something) for
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
called; known as; that; to say
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to await; to wait for; to expect
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
place of refuge; refugee destination
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
locational advantage; advantageous position