close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
(some) more; even more; longer; further
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
using together (jointly); used at the same time
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
divide into four pieces; one fourth
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend