securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
ground plan; plane figure
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to smoke animal out of its den
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
to compose; to put together
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
fieldwork; on-the-job training; hands-on training
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
traditional; conventional
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
established practice; custom
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
bacterium; bacteria; germ
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
parts; accessories; components
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
scattering (in all directions)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across