secretary; councillor; councilor
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
increased or beefed up security
to finish ...; to do ... completely
amusing; funny; interesting
night angling; night fishing
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
wheat straw; barley straw
half-wit; fool; simpleton
diligent student; studious person
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
medical book; medical journal
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
very recently; in the very recent past
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
big catch (fishing); good haul
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
mountain climbing; mountaineering
entry into port; arriving in harbor