slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
lack of finishing power (e.g. in sports); being unable to score
promotion; raising of status
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier