dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
the whole area; all areas
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
offensive camp; team at bat
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
right beside; close to; nearby
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
just because; even if; even though
by all means; by all costs
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
every person; every mouth; every entrance
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to correct oneself; to restate
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
chance (of success); odds
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
extermination; annihilation
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide