important post; important office; key position
to resound; to make a stir
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
final responsibility; ultimate responsibility
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
in deep black; in jet black
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
decline; fall; decay; withering
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
small hill; low hill; hillock
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
hours of operation (machine, etc.); uptime
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
reshuffling; job rotation
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to look around; to look towards (us)
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
clear solution; clean decision
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased