blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
vertical stripes; striped fabric
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
favorite sword; cherished sword
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to thrust before; to thrust at
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
spirit; heart; disposition
quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)