training performed by an attacker and a defender, involving intentional openings
weather; fair weather; fine weather
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
working adult; full-fledged member of society
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
life or death; existence; destiny
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
irrational (line of) argument
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
unrequited love; one-sided love