rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
rather than; more ... than ...
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
it is not everything to ...
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
trading card game; collectable card game
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to become clear; to be made public
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)