to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
long (time that has passed); old (story)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
weakening; emaciation; decline
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)