(political) power; authority; influence
skilled manager; resourceful general
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
accomplishment; execution
shades of evening; dead of night
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
order; directive; instructions; command
headquarters; head office; main office
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
(passenger) car; automobile
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
group; party; team; squad; section
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
putting a plan into operation
(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
back seat (of a car); rear seat