reconfirmation; double check
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
condition; situation; prospects
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
adding up; totalling; totaling
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
skilled manager; resourceful general
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to give a round of applause; to applaud
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
column of water; water column
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
phantom; vision; illusion
extensive knowledge; erudition
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer