here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
had better ...; had better not ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
sudden change; complete change
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
about; concerning; related to; -ish
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
danger; peril; hazard; risk
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
hostility; antagonism; opposition
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
thereupon; shortly thereafter
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
competitive swimming; swimming race
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling