surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
real intention; true motive; true meaning
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
clanging; empty; deserted
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host