wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
sense of smell; olfaction
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to smash; to break into pieces
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
powder snow; powdery snow
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
being already (well) aware
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
state of the war; war situation
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
gliding (through the air)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
wooden fence; board fence
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
simultaneous; all at once
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
art of war; strategy; tactics
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse