good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
catastrophe-level; catastrophical
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
advanced level; high grade; senior
ten; 10; ten years of age
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
small number; few; minority
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
alert status; emergency alert
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
(only) one option; one possible choice
decision; settlement; definition
one's first campaign; one's first battle
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
consequence; outcome; result; blame
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
strategy meeting; council of war
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes