to check through; to thoroughly investigate
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to be talented; to be able
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
non-commissioned officer; petty officer
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
northerly (wind); from the north
order; directive; instructions; command
to take command; to give direction
how; in what way; by what means
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
marshy grassland; wetlands
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to knock down; to knock off
not a little; not a few; considerable
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field; right fielder; right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to stop walking; to pause
chance (of success); odds
battle formation; disposition of troops
100,000; hundred thousand
front; frontage; facade; main
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect