bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
settlement; solution; resolution
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
now that; since; so long as; because
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hey there; I say; see here
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
listen!; you see; mind you; remember