to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
just one person; only one
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
final; eventual; ultimate
remaining silent; keeping secret
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to look around; to survey
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
straight; as the crow flies
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser