fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
just above; right overhead
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon