serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
if so; in that case; in that situation
a little bit; a little while
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to forget completely; to leave behind
unprecedented; never seen before
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to stick it out (until the end)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to punish; to penalize; to penalise