to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
force (bulldoze) one's way through
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
passing through without stopping; passing by
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought