how many people; a number of people
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
directly opposite; right in front
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
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
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
(in) the air; midair; sky
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
steel; sword steel; sword
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant