as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
since when; from when; how long
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
battlefield; battleground
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
like this; this sort; this way
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
already; now; no longer; not any more
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be smeared; to be covered
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed