to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
had better ...; had better not ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
considerably; greatly; a lot
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
and so; therefore; for that reason
power; might; authority; influence
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
but; however; provided that
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
box cutter; utility knife
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
one's own style; self-taught manner
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
training; drill; practice; discipline
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
art of self-defense (defence)