user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
very good luck; excellent fortune
locational advantage; advantageous position
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
carrying (child) under arm
button (clothing); push-button
to appease; to suppress; to calm
proposal; proposition; suggestion
failure story; horror story
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
nice; likeable; desirable
likability; favorability; popularity
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone