cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
while; even though; despite
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
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 quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
even if ...; even supposing that ...
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
in accordance with plans; just as planned
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
ability to get things done
so slight as to be all but non-existent
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
young master; son of a high-ranking person