to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
imagination; supposition; guess
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
taste; liking; preference
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
speech and conduct; words and deeds
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to increase; to add to; to augment
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
ordinary person; unenlightened person
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
this (very thing); this precisely
hundred battles; many battles
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
individual; private person; personal; private
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to send or direct a person to
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)