direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to tower over the surroundings
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
one by one; one after another; successively
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
bet; wager; stake; gamble
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet); end; conclusion; ohm (unit of electrical resistance); angular velocity
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
process; course; mechanism
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
steel; sword steel; sword
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
rather than; more ... than ...
Dobermann (dog breed); Doberman pinscher