to battle; to fight; to quarrel
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
does not; do not; will not do
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
remarkable; striking; obvious
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
convenient; handy; useful
tool; implement; means; furniture
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
comfort; consolation; diversion
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
natural; intrinsic; from birth
pair; two kinds; two ways
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
classification; categorization; sorting
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to correct oneself; to restate
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes