tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
every person; every mouth; every entrance
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to watch for an unguarded moment
cooperation; coordination; link
real intention; true motive; true meaning
very likely; very probable
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to get one's head around; to think about
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
preservation; retainment; keeping
to change completely; to change suddenly
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth