several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
technical book; specialized book; treatise
annual (plant); first-year student
tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
revealing talk; insider talk; inside story
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
materials; data; document
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
armaments; military preparations
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
that; the matter in question
covered with; stained; smeared
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
writing; composition; essay; sentence
near; close by; within reach; familiar
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
whole story; full picture; full particulars
indeed; really; truly; very much
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
aggression; invasion; raid
secret; private; surreptitious
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away