to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
conference room; council room
direct control; direct supervision
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to unfold; to unroll; to open
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
flying object (e.g. rocket, missile); projectile
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
long ago; a long time ago; already
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to find out; to discover; to locate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
(diving) fin; swim fin; flipper; fin (on a surfboard, aircraft, etc.)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
service entrance; delivery entrance
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
Claude; Claude (large language model developed by Anthropic)
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
stature; build; height; size; physique
small calibre; small caliber
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)