advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
in a day; in a brief space of time
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
special training; intensive training; crash course
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
performing without rehearsal
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
murder; killing; murderer
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
various countries; various regions; various provinces
physical law; laws of physics
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
defense; defence; defensive preparations
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
extinction; annihilation; destruction
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
unprecedented; never seen before
defense capability (defence)