to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
consists of; comprises; is made up of
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
ladykiller; ladies' man; murder of a woman; murderer of a woman; femicide
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
several hundred; hundreds (of)
technical skill; ability; capacity
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
plural; multiple; plural (number)
amount of material resources
in its entirety; whole; wholly
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
loss of virginity (of a male)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
individual; one by one; separate; each
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
heaps of corpses all around
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
living thing; organism; creature; biology
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
chain; series; connection; linkage
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to fall flat; to fall face down
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious