association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
auxiliary; supplementary; subsidiary; ancillary
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
posing a question; question
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
hit point; health point; HP; health
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to mind; to care; to worry
outbreak of war; starting a war
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
to temper thoroughly; to train well
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to exaggerate; to overstate
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
left breast; left side of the chest
prompt; immediate; in real time
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
series of battles; successive battles
consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak