progress; advance; making (good) progress
metal fittings; metal fixtures
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
several minutes; a few minutes
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to live through; to survive
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide