fireball;  bolide;  fireball
 at any rate;  anyhow;  anyway;  in any case;  because;  as you know
 to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.);  to slice (off);  to lop (off);  to cut (off)
 to run out of breath;  to get breathless;  to get puffed (out)
 gradually;  by degrees;  little by little;  steps;  stairs;  staircase
 to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.);  to sever (ties);  to break off (relationship);  to cut off (enemy's retreat);  to block (road, etc.)
 to push down;  to knock down
 to escape;  to make one's getaway;  to manage to get away
 serious wound;  serious injury
 to bear;  to carry on one's back;  to take responsibility for;  to accept a duty;  to receive (wound);  to incur (damage)
 beat;  palpitation;  pulsation;  throbbing
 to appease;  to suppress;  to calm
 explosion;  rupture;  break off
 to gather;  to collect;  to assemble
 to be sufficient;  to be enough;  to be worth doing;  to be worthy of;  to do (the job);  to serve
 to gather up;  to scrape up together;  to rake
 pole;  rod;  line;  dash;  spoken monotonously
 layering (clothing);  wearing one garment over another
 to misperceive visually;  to misread;  to mistake for something or somebody else
 spurt of blood (from one's victim)
 near;  close by;  within reach;  familiar
 from the place (where);  from the fact that ...;  caused by the fact that ...;  because
 wounded person;  injured person
 neighbourhood;  neighborhood;  vicinity
 woman;  lady;  adult female
 yes;  sure;  gotcha;  sycophantically;  servilely;  fawningly
 all;  altogether;  entirely;  exactly like;  just like;  spitting image of
 to become serious;  to take something seriously (joke, teasing);  to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial);  to get worked up
 stepwise;  one step at a time
 to surround;  to crowd around
 to have both;  to possess both;  to combine with