achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
healing item; health item
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to jump from one thing to another
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
expression; presentation; representation; notation
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
again (and again); once again; yet again
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible