to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
diversion; distraction; feint
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to encamp; to take up positions
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
front; frontage; facade; main
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
hit-and-run tactics; striking and immediately retreating
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
moderate; proper; just right
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
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
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
detour; circumvention; turning movement