victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
thousand years; millennium; eternity
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
pulsation; pulsatory motion
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
occurrence; happening; incident; event
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
houses and inhabitants; population
the opposite direction; the other way
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
column of water; water column
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
how many people; a number of people
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to name; to call; to christen; to term
Genesis (book of the Bible)
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising