(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
commander; commanding officer; CO
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
critical moment; do-or-die situation
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
battle formation; military formation
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
difficult to ...; hard to ...
world history; international history
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
marking; grading; scoring
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
instead; but (on the other hand)
just a minute; small quantity
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago