shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
arrest; apprehension; capture
servile character (disposition)
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
remnants of a defeated army
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
stopping at; going no further than
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
rope; cord; policeman's rope