difficult to ...; hard to ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to move forward; to move on
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to force one's way through
personal combat; one-to-one fight
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
sword skills; swordsmanship
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
release; emission; ejection
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
one eye; one of one's eyes
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
reflective water surface; reflecting water
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous