composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
war; battle; match; game; competition
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
tall figure; high stature
slim; slender; slight; delicate
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
(very) patient; persevering
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to send flying with a kick
back (of a chair); backrest
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way