untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
soldier; combatant; warrior
feather decoration; plume
exhibition; display; putting on show
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
in the meanwhile; during the time
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
failure; mistake; blunder
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
cooperation; coordination; link
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
something; some kind of; for some reason