advantage; benefit; profit; interest
bad news; news of a death; death notice
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
head; chief; boss; leader
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
accurate; correct; precise; exact
intelligence gathering; information gathering
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
participation; joining; entry; adherence
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
general; popular; common; typical
fully armed; armed to the teeth
each nation; many nations; many countries
ratio; proportion; percentage
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)