last position; previous job; predecessor
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
participation; joining; entry; adherence
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living
ancient time; age of the gods
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
having said that; on the other hand
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
beyond imagination; unimaginable
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to challenge (a person) to a fight
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal