stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
disk; disc; disk (storage); disc
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
worst; worst-case (scenario)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
area; region; district; locality
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
massing (of troops); gathering
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
be (that) as it may; having said that
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
existence; being; life; survival
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with