siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
long ago; already; a long time ago
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
forgetting; lapse of memory
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
fully prepared; all ready
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
timewise; temporal; chronal
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to summon; to get used to call
number of persons; personnel
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
distrust; unjust suspicion
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess