clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
front; frontage; facade; main
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
how long; how far; how much
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to smash down; to beat in
to surround; to crowd around
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
danger; peril; hazard; risk
fully armed; armed to the teeth
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
chance (of success); odds
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
as everyone knows; needless to point out
master craftsman; skillful worker
Douglas; Dauglass; Donglass; Douglass
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise