allocation; assignment; allotment
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to incur someone's enmity
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
matter of time; question of time
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
and then; and so; and; so then
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
tottering steps; drunken staggering
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
visual confirmation; sighting
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
using one's elbows as a pillow
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for