fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
night attack; nocturnal assault
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to brave a danger; to take a risk
utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
hope of success; prospects of success
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
sense of values; values; value system
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; neighborhood; neighbourhood
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!