returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
way; method; means; (technical) specification
present; current; in operation
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
Lipmann; Lippman; Lippmann
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
view; opinion; finding; findings
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
trusting too much; overestimating ability
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
to throw at; to turn; to raise
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
short distance; short range; short-haul
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
secondary armament (of a warship); secondary battery; secondary gun
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan