the ocean; the great deep
inundating a castle; flooding a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
to check; to stop; to keep back
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
thunderous roar; roaring sound
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
falling over; toppling sideways
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
moment; instant; short amount of time
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
ultramarine colour (color)
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to hurt; to smart; to sting