major general; rear admiral; air commodore
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to spit out; to eject; to dump
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
after that; afterwards; thereafter
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
that; the matter in question
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to have a talk; to tell a story
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do