private citizen; civilian
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to repeat; to do something over again
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
while; even though; despite
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to roll up; to be rolled up
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
eyesight; vision; visual acuity