arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
absence; disregard; indifference
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
means of transportation; transport service
summertime; summer season
to have an eye on; to zero in on
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
a few years ago; some years back
height (of body); stature
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength