yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
death penalty; capital punishment
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to order; to command; to appoint
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after