to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
one more time; once more; once again
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to fall flat; to fall face down
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this