fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
surely; certainly; without doubt
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
to be itching to put one's skills to use
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
large number (of); many; majority
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to spend time (on doing something)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
establishment; settlement
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to use and then throw away
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to pretend; to act (as if)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic