to manage something successfully; to be successful
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
vice; immorality; corruption
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
obedience; submission; resignation
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to be worn down; to be reduced
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
every person; every mouth; every entrance
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to complain; to lodge a complaint
moaning; muttering; complaining
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless