returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
blow; shock; strike; batting
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
by all means; by all costs
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
intercept; interception; counter-attack
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)