strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
north face; north side; the north; facing north
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
putting into operation; invocation
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
cruise; navigation; sailing
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
leaving a warship; abandoning ship; retirement from a naval post; retirement from captaincy (of a naval ship)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
change of course (ship); steering in a different direction
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)