practice; practising; experience
military personnel; soldier
belligerence; fighting spirit
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
self-defense; self-defence
either way; in any case; one way or another
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
namely; that is (to say); in other words
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
avoiding or dodging responsibility
charming; fascinating; attractive
good-natured person; nice person
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
half the body; half length
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
battlefield; battleground
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)