title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
cross; crossed; cruciform
powerless; helpless; incompetent
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to have a bitter experience
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
delusion; trick of the imagination