unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to anticipate; to foresee
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to happen to have on hand or in stock
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to stay (at); to stop (at)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
process; course; mechanism
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
pair; the two; both persons; both things
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
pebble; round stone; boulder
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
famous sword; excellent sword
trivial; not amounting to much
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
endless; boundless; everlasting
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
all night; throughout the night