nerve; nerves; sensitivity
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
charming; fascinating; attractive
way one walks; one's walk
war situation; progress of a battle
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
any more; any further; any better; any longer
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
thought; consideration; thinking
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)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to play a central role; to take a leading part
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
one's possessions; ownership
magic sword; cursed sword
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to cut off; to lop off; to prune