encounter; engagement; battle
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
serious; not joking; straight
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to rain incessantly; to downpour
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
return fire; shooting back
looking or acting as if one owned the place
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to have a narrow escape from death
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
late attendance; lateness; tardiness
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction