deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
plural; multiple; plural (number)
proposed site; site chosen
proving ground; test site
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
a few years ago; some years back
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to keep standing; to stand motionless
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
living thing; living creature; animal; life
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
terrified; horrified; trembling with fear
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
dividing into four; quartering
exclusive possession; sole ownership; monopoly
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar