strategy meeting; council of war
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
to increase; to add to; to augment
one's share; one's portion
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
while; during; while; although; all; both
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
failure; mistake; blunder
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
cooperation; collaboration
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
no!; no no!; no, not at all
at the bedside where one dreams
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
middle of the night; dead of night
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double