throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
layout map; block plan; layout plan
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
party; gang; company; squad
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
stairs; stairway; staircase
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
difficult to ...; hard to ...
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
speaking voice; talking voice
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
gnashingly (e.g. gritting one's teeth); with a grinding sound; with a creak
otherwise; if not; or else
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up