toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to glare at each other; to confront each other
high-pitched tone; soprano
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
battle formation; military formation
lower region; lower part; region below
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
useless; vain; aimless; idle
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
automatic; intransitive verb
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe