core; core; hardcore; all-out
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
plural; multiple; several
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
enemy territory; hostile place
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to be softened; to calm down
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
motility; mobility; maneuverability
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
on that occasion; at that time