gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
principle; theory; fundamental truth
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
competitor; contestant; player; athlete
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
special training; intensive training; crash course
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to play cool; to act cool
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
tingling; stinging; pungently
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
protracted war; war of attrition
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to chase; to run after; to pursue
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
armament; soldier's equipment
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land