fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
in accordance with plans; just as planned
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
battlefield; battleground
palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to cense; to burn incense
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to become settled; to be fixed
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
large quantity; large amount
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)