to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
secrecy; highly classified information
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
this one; with this; in this way
reexamination; reinspection; retest; recheck
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(brute) force; using all one's might
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
division into equal parts; equal parts
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly