serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
independence; self-reliance
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to fight against; to oppose; to face