state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
about when; about what time; how soon
9th day of the month; nine days
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
great hurry; great haste; rush
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
they; those guys; those fellows
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
information; news; report; reward; retribution
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
mental; psychological; physical
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to notify; to advise; to inform
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse