ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
scattered; separated; dispersed
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
rationality; reasonableness
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to make one's rounds; to patrol
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
motive power; driving force
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
increment; amount of increase
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to begin shooting; to shoot out
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
leaving a matter to chance
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
moment to quit; way to quit