vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
drawcard; attractive program; good match; good game
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to leave; to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
quick work; (clever) feat
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
still; even now; to this day
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
to become better; to improve
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
freely; frankly; without reserve
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
vomiting blood; hematemesis
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
offense and defense; offence and defence
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through