formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
conversely; on the contrary
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to pry; to prize; to prise
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
offense and defense; offence and defence
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline