to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
special training; intensive training; crash course
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to step forward; to volunteer
less than ...; smaller ...
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly
bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point