murder; homicide; manslaughter
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
how many people; a number of people
military physician or surgeon
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; GATT
return fire; shooting back
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
restoration; repair; mending
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
forgetting; lapse of memory
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to blow off; to be blown off
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
chart; diagram; graph; figure
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating