capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
at the last moment; this late in the game
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
dry riverbed; river beach
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
personal combat; one-to-one fight
useless resistance; vain struggle
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
according to plan; as planned; on target
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
immediately; at once; instantly
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
sound of bells or drums reverberating; sound of water or waves resounding
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)