designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
(necessary) personnel; required person
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
training; education; development; cultivation
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
only; merely; but; no more than
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
return of something; repayment
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
military forces; hosts; troops
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
source of information; intelligence source; message source
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
in case of; at that time; at this time
it hasn't been long since
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)