birth date; date of birth; DOB
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
loop line; (transportation) belt line
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
standby; preparation; arrangement
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
audience; attendance; hearers
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
this and that; one thing or another
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
nothing but; none other than
to play a leading role; to play a central part
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
along the river; riverside
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to stop walking; to pause
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)