siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
whispering into a person's ear
hateful; detestable; loathsome
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
meeting; greeting; welcome
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise