staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to maintain; to continue to have
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
to fulfill one's responsibilities
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
handrail; railing; banister
war; battle; match; game; competition
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
cheering group; cheering squad
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do