it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
intelligence; intellect; brains
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
control; check; restraint; inhibition
close-cropped head; bald hill
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
archery; mapping; map; morphism
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking