correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to get distracted; to jump off the track
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
flying object (e.g. rocket, missile); projectile
fireball; bolide; fireball
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
thousands; several thousand
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
touching; moving; painful
to pile up; to accumulate