covering; protection; backing; relief
adds force or indicates command
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
tornado; hurricane; typhoon
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...