buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
survival; survivor; relic
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to fight with swords; to cross swords
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to be the ruin of (a person)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
video game hardware; video game console
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance