inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
flight; desertion; escape
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
great person; great figure; person of great character
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
just one person; only one
to get slightly dirty (all over)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
somehow; for some reason or other
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
surrounding at a distance
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
ready with a rifle leveled
upper half of the body; upper body
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)