to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
first attack; first strike; first blow
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
serious; severe; grave; acute
secrecy; highly classified information
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to spread; to be propagated
complete; whole; perfect; safe
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
very much; exceedingly; extremely
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
reconfirmation; double check
bluff; false show of power; bold front
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
drinking bout; merrymaking
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress