in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
going into battle; departure for the front
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
(giving) instruction; initiation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
locational advantage; advantageous position
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
the art of war; strategy; tactics
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
nod; inclination of the head
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
gentle; mild; meek; tender
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
final; eventual; ultimate
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)