to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
on the occasion of; at the time of
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to speak; to say; to vocalize
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)