to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
(necessary) personnel; required person
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
successively; one after another
to make a lasting impression
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
massing (of troops); gathering
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
the whole day; all the day
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
library (usu. single-room); small library
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs