volley firing; fusillade; broadside
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
future; possible; potential; prospective
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
if you think about it; come to think of it
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
skill; dexterity; proficiency
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other