unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to have an uneasy conscience
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
individual; one by one; separate; each
depending on; dependent on
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
reserve army; flying column; troops kept in reserve for flexible deployment
curved; forming the shape of an arch
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
everything; anything; nothing
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
personality; style; appearance
even though; despite; notwithstanding
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
lese majesty; lèse-majesté