gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
clear; distinct; evident; definite
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
few decades; many decades; several decades
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
plate armor; plate armour
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow