bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
celebration; congratulations
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
had better ...; had better not ...
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
your highness; your grace; your eminence
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
prejudice; bias; distorted view
youth; minor; young people
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
treating someone like a child
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
period of time; time slot; time zone
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump