influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
(adding) fuel to the fire
main force; brute force; strong-arm
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to mistake (A for B); to misread
as you see; as you can see
festival merrymaking; revelry
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to behave well (of a child)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
having not the slightest idea
confusion; distraction; derangement
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully