origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
intelligence agency; secret service
intelligence gathering; information gathering
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
failure; mistake; blunder
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
considerably; fairly; quite
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play
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 deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to invite in; to show someone in
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
don't worry; no worries; never mind
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
negotiations; discussions; connection
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
postwar period; period after Second World War
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)