mid-stream; middle course; middle class
close; intimate; on good terms
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon
to launch a surprise attack
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
covering; protection; backing; relief
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
concreteness; feasibility
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to raise one's voice; to shout
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
forgetting; lapse of memory
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
offensive (movement); aggression
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying