grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
lightly; easily; carelessly
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
covering; protection; backing; relief
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to sustain a serious wound
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
directly opposite; right in front
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
development; exploitation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype