duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
level ground; plain; flatland
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
thereupon; shortly thereafter
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
back row; last row; rearmost row
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
alert status; emergency alert
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
still; even now; to this day
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
general mobilization; full mobilization
by sheer strength; by brute force
price; cost; value; worth; value