to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
strength; power; energy; military strength; army; (number of) troops
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to squeeze out; to wring out
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to blow through; to blow across
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
murder; homicide; manslaughter
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
each (every) time; whenever
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
true to one's name; living up to one's name
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
to squeeze out; to wring out
exaltation; emotional uplift
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers