sympathy; compassion; pity
stale; hackneyed; cliched
some people; a few people; several people
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to stop walking; to pause
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
metallic sound; metallic clank
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of