crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
offense and defense; offence and defence
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
as you see; as you can see
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
flight; desertion; escape
after the end (of something); post-
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
both hands; both arms; ten
making a strange face; strange face
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to yell; to rant; to rave
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on