to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
fixed; obvious; commonplace
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
left side; left-hand side
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
such; like that; in that way
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
valuable (object); negotiable (instrument)
adoration; admiration; devotion
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to shake one's head (in denial)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
easy to read; legible; clear
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting