personal feelings; self-interest
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
town; city; municipal; urban
back off!; leave me alone!
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
hate; hate crime; hate speech; racism
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
kobold (evil spirit in German folklore); goblin
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
camping; campground; making camp
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
easygoing; optimistic; conceited