battlefield; battleground
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
script; screenplay; scenario
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
plural; multiple; several
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to chase; to run after; to pursue
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
grasp; catch; understanding
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
surroundings; environs; circumference
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
lower region; lower part; region below
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)