foresight; foreknowledge; divination
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
experiential; empirical; experimental
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
standing; reserve; always having ready
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
extermination; annihilation
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
blow; shock; strike; batting
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
dealing with; coping with
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
chief vassal; senior statesman
almost; roughly; approximately
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
preservation; retainment; keeping
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
postwar period; period after Second World War
interest; rights; concession
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring