to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
exemplar; model; example; pattern
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
while alive; during one's lifetime
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
showing one's face in public; facing another person
princess; daughter of a nobleman
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
government official; public servant; civil servant
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp