obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
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; fight; war; struggle; conflict
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; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
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
run (of a ship); sail; flight
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
being dotted with; being scattered
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
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
The Andes; Andes Mountains
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
archipelago; group of islands
putting out the light; switching off the light
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
complication; confusion; disorder
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)