touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
how dare ...; how could ...; surprisingly; unexpectedly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in history; ever; historical
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
lightning strike; torpedo attack
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
(necessary) personnel; required person
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to be hesitant; to feel timid
mutual financing association
decapitation; decapitated head
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead