(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
somehow; for some reason or other
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
drawing a sword; drawn sword
quick work; (clever) feat
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
close call; narrow escape
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
number one; first; best; most; game; round