completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
defense; defence; fielding
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
(conductor's) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
V-shape (battle formation); crane wings
detour; circumvention; turning movement
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
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 trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
going straight on; going straight ahead
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment