striking with the back of the sword
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
appalling; awful; extreme pain; deep sorrow
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
warp; curvature; curve; arch
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to beat time; to mark time
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
lying face down; upside down; prone
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster