doubling (repeatedly); multiplying
the place for; the time for; the level of
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to encamp; to take up positions
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
objection; dissent; protest
different opinion; objection
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to write down; to record; to register
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
art of war; strategy; tactics
hundred battles; many battles
quite; utterly; really; completely