emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
covert action; covert operations
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
east, west, south and north
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
behind with everything; too late; reactive
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
elliptical shape; oval shape