to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
secret information; intelligence
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
not yet known; unknown; strange
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
collapsing load (as on lorries, trucks)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
recovery; rescue; recapture
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
high efficiency; high performance