military shoes; combat boots
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to half-rise to one's feet
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
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)
drawing a sword; drawn sword
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
blow; shock; strike; batting
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
training (animals); breaking (animals)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
form; method; system; formula
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
double; twice (as much); twofold
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
pressure; oppression; suppression