securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
function; facility; faculty; feature
feeling; sense; impression
to collect; to assemble; to gather
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
war; fighting; fierce competition
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to detain; to take into custody
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and