padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
dark purple; bluish purple
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
stationing (troops); garrisoning
senior; veteran; old-timer
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
passing the winter; hibernation
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
armory; armoury; ordnance department
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
terrain; geographical features; topography
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
safe; vault; storage cabinet
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on