ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
commander; commanding officer; CO
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to machine; to cut; to scrape
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
spine; backbone; spinal column
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
offensive (movement); aggression
(not) so much; (not) that much