combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to push aside; to brush aside
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to fight against; to oppose; to face
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
while; during; while; although; all; both
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to settle (in a place); to settle down
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
don't you think?; indicates question
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
national border; provincial border
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon