old woman; joker (in old maid)
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
disparaging term; derogatory term; derogatory name
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
detour; circuitous route; diversion
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back
to kill by burning to death
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
getting nauseated; getting angry
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
good policy; wise policy; best plan
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
drama; play; powerful drug
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection