firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences
again; once more; a second time
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
reverse; moving in reverse; rewinding (a tape, etc.); vomit; rebirth
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
invisibly; secretly; privately
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
loading; charging; filling
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
performing without rehearsal; doing impromptu
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
mockery; derision; ridicule
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
on the occasion of; at the time of
to shed light; to cast light
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about