waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
in name only; titular; nominal
way; method; means; resource; course
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
several minutes; a few minutes
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
condition; situation; prospects
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
book; volume; this; present; main; head
lineage; pedigree; family line
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
essence; true nature; substance; reality
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
way of the sword; swordsmanship