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curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

as always; as usual

3

stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

submersible; (small) submarine

2

countdown

2

10; ten

1

nine; team; players on a team; no

1

eight; eight (rowing boat)

1

(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer

1

one beat

1

air battle; dog fight; aerial battle

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

4

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

buoyancy; floating power

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

2

salvage

1

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

1

nimble; quick; agile

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

1

tall tower; large tower

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

1

duty; function; office; mission; task; role

1

rare; uncommon; not often seen

1

eyes mismatched in colour (color)

1

gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture

2

magazine; journal

2

dogfight (aircraft); dog fight

1

with a light thud

1

research organization; investigative body

1

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

military secret

1

direct control; direct supervision

3

inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group

1

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

2

minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

1

playmate; playfellow

1

has reached its limit (with this); has reached its peak (here)

1

buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)

2

(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

steering (of a boat); steerage

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

investigator; examiner

1