shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
danger; peril; hazard; risk
desperately; for one's dear life
surroundings; environs; circumference
to pay attention; to be watchful
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
incident; affair; happening; event
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
running away; escaping on foot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
impossible; unlikely; improbable
stairs; stairway; staircase
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope