war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to transfer (esp. money in); to add (esp. money to an account); to reel in (e.g. net, fishing line)
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
audience (with a person of high standing)
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
sword skills; swordsmanship
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
even more; still more; further
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
this (very thing); this precisely
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing