(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
chance (of success); odds
complete; whole; perfect; safe
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
absorption; suction; attraction
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
although I say; although one might say; although called
not yet known; unknown; strange
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
embodiment; realization; materialization
in accordance with; according to
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
predation; eating prey; preying upon