to gather; to collect; to assemble
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
arrest; apprehension; capture
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
invisibly; secretly; privately
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
war; fighting; fierce competition
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still