worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
reconciliation; make peace with
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
refinement; elegance; grace
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to blow off; to be blown off