shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
first of all; in the first place
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
best regards; please take care of; please do
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
posing a question; question
match declared drawn due to injury
hit point (videogame); health point; life bar; HP
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
outbreak of war; starting a war
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to temper thoroughly; to train well
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)