to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
control; check; restraint; inhibition
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
sea of blood; pool of blood
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
beforehand; in advance; previously
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to set on fire; to ignite
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
without; but if; otherwise; or else
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
glad countenance; joyful look
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated