positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
true to one's name; living up to one's name
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to lure someone; to entice someone
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
reigning; controlling; dictating
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work