📒 a weapon with a long metal blade (= sharp cutting part) and a handle
📒 to be something that has both advantages and disadvantages
📒 to fight or argue with somebody
📒 people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars
📒 to kill somebody with a sword
📒 a bad or unpleasant thing that might happen to you at any time and that makes you feel worried or frightened
📒 to stop fighting and return to peaceful activities