children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
going through; going via; going by way of
to lie deep in; to extend far back
back street; back alley; off-street
to be hot on a person's heels
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
wargame piece (on a training map); map symbol (representing troops)
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
to face on; to look out on to
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
fire hook; poker; slice bar
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
concentration; density; cardinality
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away