on bad terms; at loggerheads
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to face on; to look out on to
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
position; location; base; point; site
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
superstition; superstitious belief