to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
property; fortune; assets
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
by myself; in person; by oneself
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
armed forces; military; troops
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
hostility; antagonism; opposition
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
verbal promise; one's word
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
aggression; invasion; raid
riskiness; (level of) danger
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
private funds; own funds; private property
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction