to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
personal combat; one-to-one fight
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to leap back; to jump back
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany