temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
rather; sooner; preferably
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
probability; likelihood; chances
to join together; to combine; to join up
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions