before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
sword skills; swordsmanship
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
look of death; shadow of death
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
charred; burnt black; scorched black
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
looking away; looking aside
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
innumerable; countless; numberless
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
central part; heart (of a city)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)