serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
down to earth; reasonable
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to live; to make a living; to get on with
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
forcibly; against one's will
close; intimate; on good terms
popular name; common name; given name
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to win after tough bidding
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
settlement; conclusion; summary