someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
great person; great figure; person of great character
small-minded person; person lacking in character
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
ex post facto report; report after the event
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
for today; for the time being
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally