training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
state of ecstasy; state of rapture; trance; senile dementia
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
unification; union; oneness
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
each place; various places
four (long cylindrical things)
to lay aside; to set aside
reigning; controlling; dictating
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to make one's own; to take possession of
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
strong nation; powerful country
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg