walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
business; trade; operations; sales
agency; (attorney's) authority of representation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to be transparent; to show through
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
farsightedness; far-sightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; long-sightedness
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
two legs; two feet; two pairs
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
accurate; correct; precise; exact
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
choice; selection; option
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
(suffering) damage; injury; harm