to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
self-justification; excuse
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
major war; great war; world war
personal; individual; private
how many people; a number of people
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
selection; choice; option
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
serious; severe; grave; acute
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
deep affection; dear; beloved
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
entering the barracks; enlistment
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to accompany; to go with; to go together