advantage; point in favor; point in favour
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
meaning; significance; sense
single word; a few words; brief comment
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
maintenance; preservation; improvement
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to jump upon (a moving object)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
strong person; the strong; the powerful
chilly; unpleasantly cold
living thing; organism; creature; biology
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once