interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
dozens; scores of; decades
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
hostility; animosity; enmity
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
number one; first; best; most; game; round
several people; a few people
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
great difference; major mistake
intercept; interception; counter-attack
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)