horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
such; this sort of; like this
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
by myself; in person; by oneself
this world; this life; world of the living
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
selection; choice; option
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
array; muster; line-up; full force
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
fucking; screwing; having sex
reputation; respectability
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common