direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
perception; sensing; noticing
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
(in the same way) as before; as always
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
absorption; suction; attraction
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
classical form of martial art
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to