surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
imagination; supposition; guess
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
restoration; repair; mending
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
ability; performance; efficiency
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
advanced level; high grade; senior
legendary beast; magical beast
starting line; starting point
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
magic sword; cursed sword
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to