necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be needed; to be wanted
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to pitch camp; to set up camp
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
while; even though; despite
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to think of; to come up with
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
how; in what way; by what means
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
news; word; tidings; omen
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
marshy grassland; wetlands
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
true state; actual condition; reality
to become clear; to be made public
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite