tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
life or death; existence; destiny
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
but; however; provided that
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to grow up; to become an adult
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
soldier; combatant; warrior
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to overdo; to do too much
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action