attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
regular time; stated period
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to shave off; to scrape off
filtration; filtering; percolation
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
sports ground; playing field; playground
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
to force open; to push open
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
to die out; to become extinct
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)