hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
spirit of unity; team spirit; esprit de corps
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
word; term; language; speech
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to intend; to be sure that
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
question; inquiry; enquiry
distance covered (by a ship or aircraft); run; sail; voyage; cruise; flight
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
bearing; heading; point of the compass
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
triangles (used in mechanical drawing); set square
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
Magellan; Magellan, Ferdinand (1480?-1521; Portuguese explorer)
Strait of Magellan (South America)
archipelago; group of islands