men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
small number; few; minority
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
movie; film; motion picture
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
a second time; again; once more; twice
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to be damaged; to receive damage
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap