to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
composite; combined; complex
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
in case of; at that time; at this time
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
armed forces; military; troops
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
running backwards; running with the head turned back