success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to be able to manage somehow or another
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to trample down; to devastate
fields (of rice and other crops)
(within a) territory; domains
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to surround; to crowd around
don't you think?; indicates question
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
very; extremely; excessively
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to increase; to add to; to augment
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)