or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
by sheer strength; by brute force
to begin shooting; to shoot out
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
rather than; more ... than ...
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
to be injured; to sustain a wound
rare; uncommon; not often seen
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
weak point; unskillfulness
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
to fight with swords; to cross swords
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling