small number; few; minority
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
to knock down; to knock off
to continue to do; to persist in doing
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
large number (of); many; majority
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
although I say; although one might say; although called
accumulation; accumulate; store
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
in that manner; like that
to pass (of time); to elapse
number of times; frequency; count
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back