small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
war; battle; match; game; competition
in one's own way or style
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
systematic; organized; organizational
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
two persons; two people; pair; couple
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
Kurea; Clair; Claire; Clare (Ireland)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
hope; white hope; person of promise
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)