to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
time-out; timeout; timeout
bazaar; bazar; special sale (at a department store)
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
imitation Japanese vellum
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum
everybody; every last one of them; all
too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to compose; to put together
armed forces; military; troops
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
house; dwelling; human habitation
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront