covert action; covert operations
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
dealing with; coping with
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
equality; uniformity; evenness
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
enemy movements; enemy's position
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
great difference; major mistake
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive