advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to be filled to bursting; to burst
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
(for the) first time in one's life
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
falling object; fallen object
to begin shooting; to shoot out
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
inspection; examination; check
night watch; night sentry
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
reconnaissance plane; spy plane
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
verification by image (e.g. CAPTCHA); image authentication
injection nozzle; spray nozzle