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guardian; protector; patron; parent

4

the very start; the very beginning

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

3

(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)

1

anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)

2

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

2

indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

3

explosion

1

hail of bullets

1

being shot; being bombed

2

cooling; refrigeration

2

time passes

3

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

12

altitude sickness; mountain sickness

1

thud

2

with a bang

1

point-blank range

2

step; stride; counter for steps

1

chief; main; principal; important

2

gravitational wave; gravity wave

1

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

2

cooperation; coordination; link

10

to push back

2

both shoulders

4

robotics; robot

1

suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

1

about here; in this neighborhood

2

fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

3

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

go for it; heave; ugh

1

charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing

2

upload

1

rear; stern

3

smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick

2

crosswise

1

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing

4

(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

3

very loud volume; megavolume

1

fighter (aircraft)

1

dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.

1

Japanese (language)

1

critical area; region

1

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

delay; latency

1