serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
fresco; mural; wall painting
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
pensive; meditative; wistful
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
this world; this life; world of the living
end; close; conclusion; termination
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to ask; to enquire; to query
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to be needed; to be wanted
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
dull sound; muffled sound
such; like that; that sort of; very
choices; alternatives; options
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
silence; stillness; quietness
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
opposite side; opposition
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
step; stride; counter for steps
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
if you do this; if this is the case
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
just managing; with great difficulty