important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
tedious; boring; being fed up with
patience; endurance; perseverance
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to begin shooting; to shoot out
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
successively; one after another
concentrated fire; intense criticism
invisibly; secretly; privately
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
right under; directly below; right beneath
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to hide; to conceal oneself
intercept; interception; counter-attack
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
step; stride; counter for steps
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
very small; very little; slight; trifling; negligible; insignificant