effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
even if; even though; however; no matter how
unidentifiable; unidentified
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
tension; mental strain; nervousness
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to have a talk; to tell a story
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
tone (of voice); manner of talking
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
persistence; single-mindedness
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
these guys; these fellows
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
threat; intimidation; menace
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart