to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
tomfoolery; monkey business
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
in spite of; regardless of
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
moving about; stirring about
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to join forces; to cooperate
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
number of (large) animals
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
completely beating somebody up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing somebody
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables