doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
last night; yesterday evening
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
sending to the rear (esp. a soldier); evacuation from the front; sending later
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
main force; chief object; mainline
to burrow through; to dig through
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation