counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
failure; mistake; blunder
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
wound suffered in a fight
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
contrary to one's expectations
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to attack; to assault; to assail
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
question; inquiry; enquiry
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
maintenance; preservation; improvement
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
holding on to; sticking to
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
fickle nature; flighty temperament; inconstant person
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy