quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
intercept; interception; counter-attack
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
cock; rooster; chanticleer
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
meaning; significance; sense
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
having said that; on the other hand
confused; flustered; at a loss
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you