simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
step; stride; counter for steps
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
hand used like a sword in striking
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to scrape off; to shave off
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to bury; to embed; to implant
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
dull sound; muffled sound
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
war; fighting; fierce competition
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
right; correct; proper; righteous; just