ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
and yet; despite (all) that
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
region; limits; stage; level
expectation; anticipation; forecast
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to flare up; to burst into flames
omen; sign; notice; indication
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
we have a result!; game over!; match!
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
restoration; repair; mending
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
root; joint; base; crotch
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
function; facility; faculty; feature
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
sword skills; swordsmanship
pair; the two; both persons; both things
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable