intercept; interception; counter-attack
to become possible; to become able to (do)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
normal practice; proper practice
built-in; fixed; attached
preparation; provision; guarding
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
near; close; beside; third person
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
difficult problem; challenge
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
door; gate; opening; title page
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to spend time (on doing something)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
very likely; very probable
to be lacking in options; to be too few
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering