travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
such; this sort of; like this
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
height (of a person); stature
how long; how far; how much
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
unexpectedly; surprisingly
blank period; window period; interregnum
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
writing; book; (literary) work
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
armaments; military preparations
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
arms buildup; military expansion
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
utmost limits; extremity; limit
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
writing; composition; essay; sentence
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
unfairness; injustice; partiality
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
main cause; primary factor
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of