to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
notes; remarks (reference) column
property; fortune; assets
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
all one has; all one's possessions
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still