brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
glorious achievement; distinguished service
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
simply; merely; only; solely
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
reduction by half; halving
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected
postwar period; period after Second World War
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
commander; commanding officer; CO
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to fold up; to fold into layers
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
indictment; prosecution; complaint
prosecution; indictment; impeachment
final; eventual; ultimate
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity