guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
transforming equipment; transformer; electrical substation
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
chief; main; principal; major
restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)
dozens; scores of; decades
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
casualties; the killed and wounded
main force; chief object; mainline
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
group; bunch; crowd; group
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
both; both sides; both parties
prompt; immediate; in real time
return fire; shooting back
in accordance with plans; just as planned
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank