to fight to the bitter end
flawless; absolute perfection
word game; wordplay; playing with words
space; interval; space character; whitespace
scope; valid range; coverage
the whole area; all areas
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
covering; protection; backing; relief
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
opposite side; other side
safety zone; traffic island
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
preference; priority; precedence
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
to take a big bite; to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
power balance; balance of power
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
occupational therapist; OT; overtime; Old Testament
rescue mission; evacuation operation