man; male; masculine gender
to keep away; to keep at a distance
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
tradition; legend; folklore
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
every place; various places
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
in accordance with plans; just as planned
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
colonization; colonisation
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
center; centre; metropolis
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
offensive (movement); aggression
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to make an appeal; to urge
interior; inside; internal
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
confrontational attitude (stance, posture)