war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
financial muscle; economic clout
advantage or disadvantage
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
physical strength; muscular strength
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to be injured; to sustain a wound
here and there; everywhere
way; method; means; resource; course
serious; severe; grave; acute
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
participant; entrant; player; competitor
rival; competitor; competition
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
that is to say; so that means
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
iron hammer; crushing blow
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)
you; (arch.) your residence
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout