darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to pay attention; to be watchful
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
pride; boast; credit (to)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
magic sword; cursed sword
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
large amount of money; great cost
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit