necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
considerably; greatly; a lot
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to become better; to improve
had better ...; had better not ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
revenge; having a second go (at something)
in the future; another day; later
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
fixed date; appointed day
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
station; office; guardroom
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
assertion; declaration; affirmation
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at