up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
something like ...; something called ...
skill; dexterity; proficiency
in a day; in a brief space of time
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
how can (one) do something
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see