supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
in history; ever; historical
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
birth; creation; formation
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
parting; separation; farewell
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to be worried; to be troubled
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to laugh away; to laugh off
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
until now; so far; up to the present
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
mountain range; mountain belt
to face on; to look out on to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)