to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
make no progress; remain unsettled
to scatter away; to vanish
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
minimum; at the very least
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
switching over to; migration; transition
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
middle of the night; dead of night
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
central government office; head office; this office
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)