with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
firing in rapid succession; volley of shots
command; lead; generalship; leadership
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
high-explosive projectile
airburst; bursting in the air (of a shell, projectile, etc.)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
crawling forward (on one's stomach)
to crawl towards; to creep up to
henry (unit of inductance)
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
stopping a ship; detention; quarantine
leaving everything up to someone else
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy