flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
just because; even if; even though
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
superiority; predominance
reduction by half; halving
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to get one's head around; to think about
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
pregnancy; conception; gestation
scale; scope; plan; structure
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to become dim; to become blurred
large build; large pattern
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out