to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
-less; lacking; non-existing
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
disentanglement puzzle; wire puzzle
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
with a start; with a jump
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
group; bunch; crowd; group
offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
land readjustment; town planning
main street; avenue; boulevard
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
departure; leaving; going away; recession
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)