Marine Corps; Royal Marines
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
government office; agency; board
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
all-night vigil over a body; wake
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
preliminary step; first step
confusion; disturbance; commotion; chaos; disorder
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to be damaged; to receive damage
labor; labour; manpower; working force
feeling; mood; disgusting; sickening; revolting
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
security posture; security readiness; security preparedness
transport truck; transport vehicle
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely