frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
postwar period; period after Second World War
relish; gusto; appreciation
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to be helpful; to be useful
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to complain; to make a complaint
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
battlefield; battleground
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to employ; to hire; to charter
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
equality; impartiality; evenness
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)