tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
periodic; regular; routine
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
gatekeeper; doorman; porter
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
first principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tiny dash or speck
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
interference; intervention; meddling
putting life into; animating; cheering up
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to make sense; to be meaningful
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
to spend time (on doing something)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat