defense; defence; protection
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to go out and away; to leave
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
to run about trying to escape
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to speak; to hear a voice
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
main force; chief object; mainline
at that time; in those days
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
to trample; to crush underfoot
to make an appearance; to show up
to show up; to appear; to turn up