technically accomplished; technical; polished
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to run about trying to escape
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
one after another; in rapid succession
around the world; throughout the world
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
still (continuing); as ever; further
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
useless resistance; vain struggle
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to brandish; to flourish; to wave; to swing; to shake at
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
archery; mapping; map; morphism
to step forward; to take a step forward
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat