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to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

3

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

6

distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry

1

fame; popularity; reputation

3

fierce fighting

2

luckily

1

gambler

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

2

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

1

piggybacking marketing; method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)

1

remora (any fish of family Echeneidae); suckerfish; live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates); person who attaches themself to someone else for personal gain; hanger-on

3

business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law

1

favorable influence; favourable influence

2

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

2

high blood pressure; hypertension

1

athlete

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

scandal; impropriety; misconduct

4

associated company

1

nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused

2

to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

2

performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

1

to save; to leave over; to spare

2

wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse

1

full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through

1

No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden

1

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

2

to smell; to sense

5

role; duty; position; part

9

looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)

5

to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)

3

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

8

stage favorite; stage favourite; star

1

propaganda

2

back street; back alley; off-street

3

place where one works; construction site; working area

2

to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break

1

to appear on the stage

3

the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe

2

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

2

to take up one's residence

2

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

1

stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter

1

minor role; small part

1

actress; female actor

8

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

6

advance celebration

2

heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman

1

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

3

to get thin; to taper off

2