to make a firm resolution
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
greater than ...; bigger ...
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
with all one's strength; with all one's might
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to torment; to torture; to harass
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
it is I who should say so
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype