compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
calamity; misfortune; disaster
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
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
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
unspecified large number (of people)
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
memory; ability to remember
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to develop into a serious incident
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
detonation velocity; velocity of detonation; VOD; extreme speed; explosive speed
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
secondary; of secondary importance