considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
fear; dread; fright; willies
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
moving about; stirring about
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
open; public; official; overt
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
arrest; apprehension; capture
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
good-for-nothing; worthless
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
rather; better; instead; if anything
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to go past; to pass; to pass by