For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

因为他们逃避刀剑，和出了鞘的刀，并上了弦的弓，与刀兵的重灾。

youdao

'Well, I'll show you. I can get a sword by this evening. Will you...' and he bent over her, whispering in her ear.

“好，我表演给你看。我今晚可以弄到一把剑。那你……”他俯身对她耳语着。

youdao

But she snaps out of her dreaminess to become an impulsive young woman bent on revenge, hacking at her hair with her sword in the hope that she will be taken more seriously by the men whose world she has chosen to share.

ECONOMIST: A maid for all reasons