posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
at least; at most; (even) just
sword skills; swordsmanship
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
ago; since; before; previous
government service; the bureaucracy
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
thought; consideration; thinking
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain