impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
influence; clout; leverage
practicality; utility; usefulness
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
creeping; crawling; sneaking
neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
calming down; settling down; quieting down; sedation
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
host; landlord; innkeeper
unidentifiable; unidentified
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
emergency fix; tentative measure; temporary solution
physical strength; muscle strength
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with