to become calm; to die down
stillness; repose; standing still
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
defense; defence; protection
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to be prolonged; to drag on
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
military provisions and cavalry horse fodder
one end; an end; part; fragment
tropical forest; tropical rainforest
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
for work; for manufacturing
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to put into effect; to put into practice
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
incendiary bomb; firebomb
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm