the first and second; a few
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
(guided) missile destroyer
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
variable wing (of an aircraft)
Tomcat (fighter aircraft); F-14
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing; reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)
dry weight (of a vehicle, food, etc.)
tension; tensile strength
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to get between; to be caught in
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory