comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
intuition; instinct; hunch
to bend; to warp; to curve
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
very (extremely) low temperature
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion
sweeping sideways; mowing down
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
famous sword; excellent sword