fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to collapse; to flop (onto)
simple and clear; plain and simple
four (long cylindrical things)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; forecast
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
to compose; to put together
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
sword strike; sword slash
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry