nonchalant air; unruffled air
metre; meter; meter; gauge
within; inside of; less than
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
destruction; collapse; crumbling
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
private citizen; civilian
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
wounded person; injured person
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked