leader (of an alliance); leading power
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
choices; alternatives; options
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to bring back; to restore
offensive (movement); aggression
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
decision; settlement; definition
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
continuation; succession; series
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
mental; spiritual; emotional
proposal; proposition; suggestion
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
if so; in that case; in that situation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to watch over; to watch attentively