powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
how long; how far; how much
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
what kind of; what sort of; what
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to collect; to assemble; to gather
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
mental image; mental picture; image
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
use; utilization; utilisation; application
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly