declare war: 宣戰
Did somebody declare war on trees without telling me?
有人沒和我招呼一聲就對樹木宣戰了嗎？
nly a psychopath would declare war on the u.s.army.
只有瘋子才會向美國宣戰。

recent development: 近來的發展
The article reviews the recent development in this field.
本文綜述這一領域近期的研究進展。
It's a recent development. where's dad?
最近而已，爸爸去了哪里？

pardon me: 原諒我
I hope you will pardon me for that slip.
我希望您原諒我那個失誤。
I was just speculating. So, pardon me.
我只是猜測，所以，請原諒我。

put back: 放回，撥回
Then as the economy picks up, you can put it back on the market in a way that will support economic growth, not undermine it.
一旦經濟復蘇，這些住房就可以再次進入市場，促進經濟增長而不是起負面作用。