unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
opposite side; opposition
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
nonchalant air; unruffled air
gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
defense; defence; fielding
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
(walking) stick; cane; wand
ray (of light); beam; light
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
many people; a large number of people
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
because; for; the reason why is ...
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to distract one's attention
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to peel off and fall; to flake away
violent explosion; bursting
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)