to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
break in time; interruption; pause
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
restricted; confined; unfree
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
trip story; vacation story
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
both; both sides; both parties
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
one (thing); one piece; one item