sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
a glance; a look; a glimpse
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to have an idea; to have a clue
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
dealing with; coping with
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in