whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
like a decent person; human
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
sea of blood; pool of blood
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to discuss; to talk together
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
trusting too much; overestimating ability
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
not caring; not giving a damn
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
un-; non-; negative prefix
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
and yet; though; when; in spite of
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
being rampant; domination
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead