to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
prohibition; inhibition; ban
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
welcome; (warm) reception
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
option; choice; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
powered exoskeleton (esp. in SF); power suit
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
defense; defence; protection
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
constitution; rules; regulation