to slay; to kill; to put to the sword
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to spread; to be propagated
conflict; fighting each other
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
jumping about; rampancy; domination
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
testimony; (verbal) evidence
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
advocate; proponent; supporter
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off