(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to take over; to hand over
second day of the month; two days
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
literature; books (reference); document
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
understood; I see; OK; present; here
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to make coffee; to brew coffee
simultaneous; all at once
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to run away; to escape safely
remnants of a defeated army
worst-ever; history's worst
young person; youth; young
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose