going into battle; departure for the front
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
basket; basketball; basket cloth
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
curfew; lockdown; grounding
wealthy person; millionaire
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
upper side (go, chess, othello board)
scene; view; prospect; outlook
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
naked eye; the physical eye
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
bringing; taking; carrying
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
baton (of command); order; command; direction
commander; general; leader
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
mockery; derision; ridicule