excellent plan; best policy
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
driver (of a vehicle); motorist; screwdriver; driver (club); (device) driver
order; directive; instructions; command
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
immediately; right away; on the spot
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
right in the middle (of); midst; height
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit
headlight (on a vehicle); headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
two people riding together (on a bike, etc.); riding double
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
old model (of an appliance, device, etc.); becoming outdated (due to the release of a new model); drop (type of metal casting defect)