middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
chief; main; principal; major
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
coastal waters; adjacent seas
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
conviction; belief; confidence
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
British territory (possession)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
going to bed; retiring (for the night)