people; citizens; subjects; folk
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
all night long; all through the night
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
extensive; vast range; wide scope
interference; intervention; meddling
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
piece of meat; cut of meat
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)