celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
precarious situation; precarious state
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
specialization; specialisation
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
100,000; hundred thousand
dozens; scores of; decades
to be dead; to be lifeless
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
commander; commanding officer; CO
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
decapitated head of an enemy
patient; unhurried; leisurely
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect