to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
safety zone; traffic island
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
medical treatment; medical care
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
proper; right; reasonable
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
intuition; instinct; hunch
first time; first; initial
war; battle; match; game; competition
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
perfect; complete; flawless
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine