to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
lacking a plan; haphazard
orders; instructions; directive; command
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
to shake off; to throw off
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
remnants of a defeated army
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)
starting late; late departure
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
locomotive engineer; engine driver
to throw into; to toss into
in turns; alternately; in order
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient