(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
maintenance; preservation; improvement
great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to save; to leave over; to spare
to order; to command; to appoint
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
difference; discrepancy; variation
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive