high ground; plateau; heights; highlands
level ground; plain; flatland
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
fort; stronghold; fortification
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to encamp; to take up a position
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to speak ill of; to disparage
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
to be ecstatically happy; to be on cloud nine; to be in seventh heaven
to take off one's glasses
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
amount of material resources
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
capacity; volume; capacitance
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
what people say; rumours; public opinion
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang