magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
outbreak of war; starting a war
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
negotiations; discussions; connection
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
personal combat; one-to-one fight
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
early post war period; immediately after the war
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
public order; public peace; public security; law and order