assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
moderate; proper; just right
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
endurance; perseverance; patience
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
important person; strategic person; key figure
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
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
diversion; distraction; feint
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
programme; program; plans; arrangements
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
official announcement; proclamation
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
as planned; according to plan
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked