getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
like this; this sort; this way
one of these days; someday; one day
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to come to an end; to close the curtain
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
favourite horse; favorite horse
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
craftsman; skilled artisan
divine or supernatural skill
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
retainer; retinue; servant
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
variation; rogue (something)
drama; play; powerful drug
dozens; scores of; decades