crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
reduction by half; halving
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
advance; moving forward; progress
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
blow; shock; strike; batting
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
way out; means to escape; escape route
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth