battle formation; military formation
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
cache; place to hide something
to approach; to draw near
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
identification; ID; identity
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
step; stride; counter for steps
advance; moving forward; progress
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to find out; to discover; to locate
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to squash; to crush; to flatten
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
first meeting; first interview with
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
laughing while reminiscing
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave