conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
early (days); initial stage; initial
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to tighten; to press hard
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; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
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 change, 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
capitulation; surrender; 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; exhibit; suggest; citation
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