(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
republicanism; cooperation; working together
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
security firm; security company
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
correction; revision; rectification
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
continuation; succession; series; continuous
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death
murder; homicide; manslaughter
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
uninhabited island; desert island
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to subsist; to keep on living
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland