advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
two colours; two varieties; two types
surface; appearances; exterior
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
common front; united front
counter for choices, options, etc.
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
small fraction; small proportion
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
civilian in military employ
rather; sooner; preferably
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
solution; solution strategy
preface; introduction; preamble
Shaft (mechanical engineering)