(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to order; to command; to appoint
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
serious; severe; grave; acute
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
fallow soil; idle field; set-aside; idled plot
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
two persons; two people; pair; couple
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
metal plate; metallic plate
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
outside Earth's atmosphere; outer space; exoatmosphere; exo-atmosphere
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact