terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
power; might; authority; influence
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
research and development; R&D
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
development; exploitation
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
real thing; original; actual
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
beyond human understanding
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
(another's) daughter; young lady
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy