duty; function; office; mission; task
headquarters; head office; main office
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to gather; to collect; to assemble
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
almost; roughly; approximately
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
metre; meter; meter; gauge