do-or-die game; crucial contest
either way; in any case; one way or another
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
(having) two choices; choice between two things
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
showing no signs of ...; extremely unlikely to ...
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
preliminary investigation
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
smooth (i.e. without problems)
parents and siblings; one's relatives
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage