engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
whole nation; whole land; whole country
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
protracted war; war of attrition
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
very young; childish; immature
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
competent; suitable; qualified
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to snap; to break (under pressure)
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
contest of strength; trial of strength
superalloy; Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to think too much; to be over-concerned