to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
insolent fellow; rude fellow
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
granted that; even if; even though
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
armory; armoury; ordnance department
plump; with a thud; heavily
to remove; to move out of the way
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied