to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
prospects of victory; chances of success
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to prevent; to take precautions
pupil; student; schoolchild
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to kill; to choke the life out of
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
regret; repentance; remorse
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
mechanism; organization; organisation
everything; anything; nothing
artificial intelligence; AI
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to attack; to assault; to assail
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex