unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
town; city; municipal; urban
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
property; fortune; assets
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
influence; clout; leverage
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
sales; selling; marketing
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called