eyesight; vision; visual acuity
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to fall on one's backside
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
fireball; bolide; fireball
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
single word; a few words; brief comment
charcoal; charred remains
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
capable of anything; liable to do
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
high voltage; high pressure
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone