stopgap measure; quick-fix solution
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
a few people; small number of people
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
massing (of troops); gathering
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
previously mentioned; previously described; above-mentioned; aforesaid
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
secret information; intelligence
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
office chair; desk chair; computer chair
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
end; close; conclusion; termination
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
eschatology; doomsday theory; apocalypticism
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to taste; to try (food or drink)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch