to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to attack; to assault; to assail
be (that) as it may; having said that
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
battlefield; battleground
technique; art; skill; move
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to find out; to discover; to locate
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
the current ...; this; today's ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)