stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
advance; moving forward; progress
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
commander; commanding officer; CO
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
disorder; disturbance; unrest
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
to take command; to give direction