thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
detour; circumvention; turning movement
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
on the sea; surface of the sea
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
number one; first; best; most; game; round
on the occasion of; at the time of
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
supply; supplying; replenishment
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
surroundings; environs; circumference
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
dozens; scores of; decades
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
battle station; action stations
situation report; status report; progress report
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)