conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
several people; a few people
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
immediately; right away; on the spot
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
instead; but (on the other hand)
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
military man; warrior; soldier