gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
specialization; specialisation
with a single blow; with one stroke
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to strain one's eyes; to stare
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
ability; performance; efficiency
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
be (that) as it may; having said that
physical strength; muscular strength
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
some; several; many; how many; how much; very