abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
chief; main; principal; important
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
(in the same way) as before; as always
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
independent business; self-employment
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
each house; every house; many houses
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
justice; fairness; impartiality
triple feature (e.g. movie)
black joke; black comedy; morbid humor
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
great success; huge success
to count on one's fingers
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to make one feel grateful
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly