obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
flat-out run; driving at full speed
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
(right at the) side; just beside
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
line; queue; procession; matrix
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to thrust down; to push off
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
should not be; must not be
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
raging fire; conflagration