to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
flying column; detached force
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
commitment; pledge; promise
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
how; in what way; in what manner
how can (one) do something
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
same axle; coaxial (cable)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
factory; plant; mill; workshop
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
river; stream; River; the ... river
inn town; post town; post-station town