weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
confusion; mixing; merger
certainly; surely; definitely
in accordance with plans; just as planned
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
tear gland; lacrimal gland
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
all-out attack; general offensive
party; gang; company; squad
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
going into battle; departure for the front
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
offender; transgressor; violator
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
licentious; self-indulgent
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
defense capability (defence)
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
directly under; falling perpendicularly
everyday life; daily life
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
to step over or across; to overcome
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
intelligence agency; secret service