crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
(squad of) police; police force
still; as yet; as it has been
prompt; immediate; in real time
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
largest class; top category
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
calm; composed; leisurely
to peel off and fall; to flake away
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
buried gold; buried treasure
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to make someone fall forward; to do thoroughly
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
power; might; authority; influence
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...