to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
not necessarily so; is not always true
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to watch over; to watch attentively
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
casualties; the killed and wounded
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
selection; choice; option
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell