hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
defense capability (defence)
skilled manager; resourceful general
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to cease; to stop; to be over
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
passage; path; route; one's way
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
slightly early; just before
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
regulars; regular soldiers
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
war situation; progress of a battle
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
mostly involve; principally involve
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to stop walking; to pause
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
state of mind; (one's) mental state
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman