near miss; just missing (each other)
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
tense relationship; tense relations; strained relations; strained ties; tension
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
helm; (ship's) steering wheel
steering (of a boat); steerage
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
my lord; my master; you; my dear
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
severing of connections or relations
national defence; national defense
without showing any sign of; without giving the slightest indication of; without saying anything of; without breathing a word of
ship's nationality; ship's country of registration
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
diplomatic; diplomatically
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple