exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
important point; point to make note of
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
make; workmanship; preparation
to fight with swords; to cross swords
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
course; route; path; process; means
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to spend time (on doing something)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
explosion; rupture; break off
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes