sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to bring; to take; to bring about
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
settlement; solution; resolution
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
different opinion; objection
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
murder; killing; murderer
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
two by two; by twos; as a couple
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound