food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
covert action; covert operations
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
just managing; with great difficulty
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
front; frontage; facade; main
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
one machine; one aircraft; one life
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
imagination; supposition; guess
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to give directions; to issue instructions
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
the last moment; the very end
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
speech and conduct; words and deeds