occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
main purpose; primary objective
24 hours; twenty-four hours
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
unloading (a ship); landing; disembarkation
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
division; section; classification; sorting; division
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
entrance to a bay; mouth of a bay
Island; insula; island; islet
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
close relation (association)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
transfer; transport; transportation
topography; geographical features