sweeping sideways; mowing down
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
innumerable; countless; numberless
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)