now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
glad countenance; joyful look
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
estimate (of costs); budget
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
new and old; incoming and outgoing
amount of light; quantity of light
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
carnassial; carnassial tooth
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to kill; to defeat; to beat
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
mutation; change; transition
appearance; air; condition; state; form