to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
four-eyes; four-eyed bastard
when it becomes; when it comes to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
perfect; complete; flawless
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
what kind of; what sort of; what
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
Sun Tzu (544?-496 BCE) (author of "The Art of War")
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
hairline; borders of the hair
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
business world; business circles; (the) industry
advance; moving forward; progress
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage