magic sword; cursed sword
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
intelligence; intellect; brains
to get between; to be caught in
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
in deep black; in jet black
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to attempt; to test; to try out
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
mental; spiritual; emotional
action; operation; effect; function
general; popular; common; typical
emotional strength; force of will
that is to say; so that means
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth