grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
protracted war; war of attrition
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
metal plate; metallic plate
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique