pride; boast; credit (to)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
practice; practising; training; study
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
thinnish; somewhat narrow
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
snake; serpent; large snake
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
large number (of); many; majority
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to collect; to assemble; to gather
training; drill; practice; discipline
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
war situation; progress of a battle