spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
military service; combat experience
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
legendary beast; magical beast
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
be (that) as it may; having said that
control; check; restraint; inhibition
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to check; to stop; to keep back
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ash; embers; complete destruction
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
guess; conjecture; surmise
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
people; citizens; subjects; folk
responsibility; duty; obligation
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
influence (on someone); inspiration
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)