anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
and then; and so; and; so then
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
troubled times; turbulent times
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(not) a single person; (no) one
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
one-party regime; single-party regime
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
place; situation; position; location
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
battlefield; battleground
danger; peril; hazard; risk
alone; unaided; away from home
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people