victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
power; might; authority; influence
in one's own way or style
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
putting into operation; invocation
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to name; to call; to christen; to term
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
dozens; scores of; decades
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
absorption; suction; attraction
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
acceleration; speeding up
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed