exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
cruise; navigation; sailing
automatic; intransitive verb
dozens; scores of; decades
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
chance (of success); odds
at the last moment; this late in the game
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
meaning; connotation; denotation
to be prolonged; to drag on
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
attack; assault; attempt; try
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
anything and everything; just about everything
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
measurement error; calculation error