fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
gale; violent (strong) wind
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
lightning strike; torpedo attack
safety zone; traffic island
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
amount of light; quantity of light
tips of one's hair; hair ends
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
to straighten up; to sit upright
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
pregnancy; conception; gestation
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
scope; valid range; effective range (e.g. in broadcasting); coverage
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
tip of a sword; point of a sword
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off