half-moon; half a month; semicircle
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
two-storied Buddhist tower
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
Vaishya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste); Vaisya
pronunciation; production of sound
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
magical power; mystical force
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)