holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to attack; to assault; to assail
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
clear; precise; definite; distinct
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
armed forces; military; troops
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
while; during (the time when)
competent; suitable; qualified
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...