usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
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
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
terrain; geographical features; topography
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
dozens; scores of; decades
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to anticipate; to foresee
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
on the occasion of; at the time of
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
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.)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)