rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
cloudy sky looking like it will snow soon
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to cease; to stop; to be over
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
production; output; turning out
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to well up; to burst; to arise
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
process; course; mechanism
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
main force; chief object; mainline
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to play (a stringed instrument)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring