megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
of tender years; very young
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
precarious situation; precarious state
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
investment; contribution; financing
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
something like ...; something called ...
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely