to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
covered in mud; mud-caked
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
beyond imagination; unimaginable
battle formation; military formation
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
secrecy; highly classified information
closely-guarded secret; top secret
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
striking; remarkable; considerable
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess