war; battle; match; game; competition
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
Gulliver; preeminent example of its kind
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
how; in what way; by what means
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
trauma (usu. psychological)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
time; season; period; phase; stage
all parts; various parts; every department
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
secrecy; highly classified information
function; facility; faculty; feature
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up