sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
third day of the month; three days
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
the same kind; accomplice; partner
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to order; to command; to appoint
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
(made of) stone; stone-built
each house; every house; many houses