cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
distance in a straight line
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
place; room; margin; scope
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
things at hand; personal belongings
at once; immediately; right now
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
by sheer strength; by brute force
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
intercept; interception; counter-attack
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in