measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to gather; to collect; to assemble
putting into operation; invocation
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
even though; despite; when
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
stairs; stairway; staircase
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
grasp; catch; understanding
three; three years of age
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison