to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
ending up right back where one started
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
lessening; diminishing; reducing
reduction of armaments; disarmament
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
progress; advance; improvement; development
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
restraint; restriction; control; check
all (there is); as long as there is
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off