ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to disperse; to take a castle
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
now that; since; so long as; because
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence