pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
proper; right; reasonable
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
true state; actual condition; reality
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment