to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to throw away; to abandon
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
self-deprecating; self-mocking
commander; commanding officer; CO
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
end; close; finish; termination
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to knock down; to bring down
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to rock; to shake; to swing
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to stare back at; to look back at
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
this (very thing); this precisely
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
tedious; boring; being fed up with
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses