various; many; all kinds of
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
distrust; unjust suspicion
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
protracted war; war of attrition
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
major war; great war; world war
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
defense; defence; defensive preparations
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
war; battle; match; game; competition
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
counterintelligence; counterespionage
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
to be landed (of a fish); to be reeled in; to be caught
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
anything and everything; just about everything