thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
cruising range; flying range
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
covering; protection; backing; relief
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
after the end (of something); post-
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
command; control; commander
to run out (e.g. of the room)
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
second; number two; runner-up
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
the place for; the time for; the level of
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
military vessel; war fleet
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
exploding in flames; erupting in flames
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice