bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
in the meanwhile; during the time
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
to stop walking; to pause
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword
stabbing to death; putting out
as far as the eye can see
literally; to the letter; literal
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
memory; sense; experience