friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
like this; this sort; this way
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
already; now; no longer; not any more
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to be smeared; to be covered
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce