to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
failure; mistake; blunder
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be manageable; to be able to handle
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
meaning; significance; sense
in the end; at the end of the day
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
secret information; intelligence
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to take over; to hand over
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
battlefield; battleground
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
everything; anything; nothing