retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
payload (of a cell, packet, etc.)
first day of the month; the first of the month
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
column; file; (vertical) line
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
threat; intimidation; menace
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
raging bull; ferocious bull
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
inability to discriminate; lack of judgment; being reckless; lack of regard for others
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)