to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
that; the matter in question
in turns; alternately; in order
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
war fan; commander's war fan
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound
armor and helmet (armour)
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
old age; old person; the old; the aged
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
boasting; bragging; talking big