without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
military forces; hosts; troops
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
(the) executive; administration; leadership
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
this is why; this means; it is the case that
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to enter into diplomatic relations
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to rule; to govern; to administer
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
strategy meeting; council of war
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
unconditionally; as a rule
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together