time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to begin; to set about; to start
finish; finishing; finishing touches
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
such; this sort of; like this
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
while; during; while; although; all; both
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...