same; similar; (just) like; equal
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
site; point on a map; spot
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
mountain road; mountain trail
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
this world; this life; world of the living
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
process; course; mechanism
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...