to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
casualties; the killed and wounded
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
striking; remarkable; considerable
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to trample; to crush underfoot
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
(made of) stone; stone-built
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
everyday life; daily life
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
guard; security (officer); guardsman
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
to bring up under one's personal care
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
presence (impressive quality)
make no progress; remain unsettled