training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to become completely chilled
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to polish up; to shine up
sword skills; swordsmanship
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
body; group; party; company; troupe
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to become clear; to be made public
development; exploitation
absorption; suction; attraction
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
circulation; dissemination
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to begin to walk; to set out
almost every day; almost daily
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to be kind to; to treat kindly
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
regret; repentance; remorse