work-in-progress; working state
(necessary) personnel; required person
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to leave word; to leave a message
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
complete; whole; perfect; safe
direct unforked road; straight path
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
only; merely; but; no more than
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places