careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
comfort; consolation; diversion
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
prevention; precaution; protection against
to some extent; to a certain extent
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time