corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
good performance; good work; great success
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
flight; desertion; escape
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
using as an intermediary; through
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
cannot be compared with; no match for
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
continuation; succession; series
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
action; operation; effect; function
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to be hot on a person's heels
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent