dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
that's true; of course; obviously
letter; missive; note; mail
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
how; in what way; by what means
to fight with swords; to cross swords
postwar period; period after Second World War
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
incident; affair; happening; event
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
putting into operation; invocation
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)