courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
battlefield; battleground
failure; mistake; blunder
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
blow; shock; strike; batting
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
that's a different matter; that's a different story
chopping board; cutting board
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
opinion; point of view; visual point
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
pale; pallid; bluish-white
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
going to and fro; back and forth
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
minute adjustment; fine tuning
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
human pillar; human sacrifice
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other