with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to be helpful; to be useful
speech; expression; wording; language
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
serious; not joking; straight
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to apologize; to apologise
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument