room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tension; mental strain; nervousness
expression; look; countenance; face
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
action of making something; -ification
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
generation; the world; the age
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
piece; fragment; one (object)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking