already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
lacking a plan; haphazard
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
powerful person; influential person
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
calamity; disaster; misfortune
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to withstand; to be able to endure
the other day; some time ago; recently
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
prospects of victory; chances of success
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous