dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
just one person; only one
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to be handed down from generation to generation
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
in succession; one by one
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to dye; to colour; to color
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
advance; moving forward; progress
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
surroundings; environs; circumference
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"