master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to become desperate; to give in to despair
intuition; instinct; hunch
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
comparison; something worthy of comparison
big talk; boasting; bragging
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to mind; to care; to worry
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
hostility; antagonism; opposition
another kind; different kind; distinct species
inner citadel; core; center; centre
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
control; check; restraint; inhibition