place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to have a chill run down one's spine
to thrust away; to send flying
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
tomfoolery; monkey business
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
(courteous) invitation; call
if you do this; if this is the case
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
back (of a chair); backrest
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
time limit; time restriction
night attack; nocturnal assault
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
insurance; guarantee; warranty
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting