being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
leadership skill; leadership ability
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
about this time; about now
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
number of persons; personnel
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
nesting hole; burrow; den
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
strategy meeting; council of war
offensive (movement); aggression
bolt from the blue; great surprise