powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
strategy meeting; council of war
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to crouch; to squat; to cower
not limited to; not just ...
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
acceleration; speeding up
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
adding detail (to a drawing)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict