low (level, value, price, etc.)
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
to follow another's example
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
bolt from the blue; great surprise
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
reason; cause; history; origin
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
instruction; direction; briefing
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
body; group; party; company; troupe
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
great speed; recklessly fast speed
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway