motive power; driving force
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
thoroughly; through and through
scoundrel; rascal; villain
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
children's story; fairy tale
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
essence; true nature; substance; reality
together; at the same time; same; identical
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
companion; partner; spouse
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
rational; reasonable; logical
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to squeeze out; to wring out
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
from the beginning; from scratch
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition