to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
greeting; a fine thing to say
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
incompetent; have no merit
to glare at each other; to confront each other
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be silent; to say nothing
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to be conspicuous; to stand out
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort