public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
racial discrimination; racism
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
(present) head of a family
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
assembling a criminal case
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
abundant harvest; bumper crop
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to shoot or fire off an arrow
bursting at the seams; bulging
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
forgetting; lapse of memory
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
true character; real nature
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds