to look away; to avert one's eyes
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
thunderous roar; roaring sound
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
commander; commanding officer; CO
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
loading; charging; filling
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
whispering; murmuring; subdued
immediately; right away; on the spot
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
news; word; tidings; omen
conversely; on the contrary
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
spider's thread; spider silk
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
contract; compact; agreement
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
admiration; being impressed (by)
to escape from; to get out
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely