bending and stretching; flexing and extending
escape valve; release valve; relief valve
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
like this; in this way; as you see
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
to take command; to give direction
commander; commanding officer; CO
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
massing (of troops); gathering
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
landing; alighting; touch down
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
usually; ordinarily; in the past
to collect; to assemble; to gather
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
later on; eventually; afterwards
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
being left out; being ostracized