personal combat; one-to-one fight
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
it's no joke; gimme a break!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
how many years; how long; what year
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
few decades; many decades; several decades
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking