when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
for dear life; barely escaping alive
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to take over; to hand over
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
future (usually near); prospects
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
leaving everything to someone else
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done