rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
important place; strategic point; critical location
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
future years; in (one's) later years
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
able official; capable official
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
secret; private; surreptitious
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
settlement; solution; resolution
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
now that; since; so long as; because
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to keep an eye on; to take care of