bet; wager; stake; gamble
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to succeed; to bear fruit
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
simultaneous; all at once
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
power; might; authority; influence
the front; honest; upright; decent
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
loading; charging; filling
already; now; no longer; not any more
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
first attack; first strike; first blow
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
intuition; instinct; hunch
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
offensive (movement); aggression
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
war situation; progress of a battle