borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
secret information; intelligence
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to face on; to look out on to
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
flight; desertion; escape
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
turmoil; chaos; confusion
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
one by one; one after another; successively
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
bank; weir; embankment; levee
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)