intercept; interception; counter-attack
somersault; looping-the-loop
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
temporary licence; temporary license; provisional licence; provisional license
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to bring close; to bring near; to associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
education; training; discipline
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to boost; to force up; to push up
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
offense and defense; offence and defence
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
it is not everything to ...
evident; plain; distinct; clear
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
yoke; constraints; oppression
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
boasting; bragging; talking big
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
command; lead; generalship; leadership
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)