(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
by all means; by all costs
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
alert status; emergency alert
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
visual hallucination; vision
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
armed forces; military; troops
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
organization; organisation; forming
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
war; fighting; fierce competition
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
since when; from when; how long
having no idea; having no clue
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass