lethality; killing effectiveness
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
discretion; consideration; allowance
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
to make an appearance; to show up
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
silence; stillness; quietness
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
no!; no no!; no, not at all
formal (way); orthodox; regular; in earnest; serious; proper
good-quality; superior in quality
inferior goods; faulty item
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
first-class goods; A-grade product
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
first attack; first strike; first blow
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
critical (condition); serious
passenger; rider; good rider
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
(barbed) wire entanglements
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
odds and ends; all; every
national character; regional character
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
speed; velocity; quickness; earliness
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
archer; bowman; shooter; gunner
bullet hell (genre of shoot 'em ups)