foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
to shake one's head (in denial)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
(opening of a) wound; cut
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
trivial; not amounting to much
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
petty underling; small fry
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
excellent answer; clever answer
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
while alive; during one's lifetime
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
interference; intervention; meddling
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
this sort of; this type of
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted