fighting in numerous battles
modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition
that is to say; so that means
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
shock resistance; impact resistance
packing; crating; packaging
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
Teflon; brand name for polytetrafluorethylene
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown