song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
arrest; apprehension; capture
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
steel; sword steel; sword
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
top of the head; crown of the head
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
(in) his way; peculiar to him
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit