to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
protective instinct; defensive instinct
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
security hole; vulnerability
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
individual match; single game
to bear fruit; to take effect
to count; to include in the number
offensive (movement); aggression
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
cooperation; coordination; link
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
in that way; like that; that way
what's what; heads or tails
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
forgetting; lapse of memory
fucking; screwing; having sex
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
guess; speculation; supposition
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)