extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to ask; to enquire; to query
to be too late; to be too slow
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
useless; vain; aimless; idle
forced attack; risk-taking attack; aggressive attack
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
armament; soldier's equipment
similarly; same (idea); same (name)