Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
recommendation; referral; endorsement
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
direct control; direct supervision
security force; public safety force
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
monolith; large slab of rock
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to go out and away; to leave
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
control; management (e.g. of a business)
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
long-awaited; much-awaited
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various