counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
advance; moving forward; progress
choices; alternatives; options
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
battle formation; military formation
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
while; even though; despite
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
chief; main; principal; major
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
in comparison to; rather than
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
revolution; rotation; turn; turning; inversion; handspring (gymnastics)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
possible; likely; probable