exaltation; emotional uplift
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
alone; unaided; away from home
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to shake off; to throw off
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to stay calm; to keep cool
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all