harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
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
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
sword skills; swordsmanship
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
(turned out) all right in the end
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to shake; to sway; to waver
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to fall flat; to fall face down
to tear off; to strip; to rob
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to order; to command; to appoint
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor