sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
already; now; no longer; not any more
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to be able to manage somehow or another
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
tall figure; high stature
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
ago; since; before; previous
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
teacher; instructor; professor
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away