trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
at a loss for words; stumped for words
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to push back; to press back; to force back
quick-witted; quick to understand
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
declaration; proclamation; announcement
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
all present; all concerned; all of us
melancholy; gloom; depression
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
reference materials; references; bibliographical sources; written materials; documents
material; materials; data; information; documents
depiction; description; portrayal
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to shake off; to throw off
literature; books (reference); document
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
appearance; figure; shape; form
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to change completely; to change suddenly
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done