chair; stool; post; office; position
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
in person; personally; directly
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
skill; dexterity; master hand
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
untouched; unused; intact
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
to increase; to add to; to augment
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
proper; respectable; decent; honest
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to put on airs; to assume importance