in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to lose sight of; to miss
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
advance payment; money paid in advance
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
playing a part in one's own play, film, etc.; directing one's own play, film, etc.
drama; play; powerful drug
center; centre; metropolis
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to pretend; to act (as if)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
influential person; man of importance
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
outside the country; abroad
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
firm; strong; solid; stable
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant