negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
small number; few; minority
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
intercept; interception; counter-attack
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
be (that) as it may; having said that
unfairness; injustice; partiality
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
scattered; separated; dispersed
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
the very best; excellent; superb
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
prompt; immediate; in real time
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
enemy territory; hostile place
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
blow; shock; strike; batting
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
but; however; provided that
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
place; situation; position; location
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious