certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
putting into operation; invocation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
U.S. forces; American military
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
arrest; apprehension; capture
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
way; method; means; resource; course
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin