cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
resemblance; similarity; analogy
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
equipment; harness; fittings
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
lading; loading; carrying
waterproof sheet; tarpaulin; tarp; flysheet (of a tent)
restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)
digger; excavator; power shovel
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to be cleared of a charge
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
fast approach; quick intimacy
love triangle; eternal triangle
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
serious accident; major incident
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
collapsing load (as on lorries, trucks)
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
to form a pair; to pair up
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to feign ignorance; to play dumb