bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
preface; introduction; preamble
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
cheering group; cheering squad
relation; connection; relevance
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to correct oneself; to restate
at your own discretion; as you see fit
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
ex post facto report; report after the event
outline; summary; gist; in brief
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
proposal; offer; request; application
sting operation; undercover investigation
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to manage something successfully; to be successful
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
putting a plan into operation
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
older person with more life experience
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition