confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to give directions; to issue instructions
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
technique; art; skill; move
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to put one's strength into
power; might; authority; influence
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
timewise; temporal; chronal
cooperation; coordination; link
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
periodic; regular; routine
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to pause; to have a short intermission
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve