common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
you could say; you might say; verging on the
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to be on the right track; to be doing well; to be looking good; to be coming along nicely
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
to take away; to carry off
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
column of cars; motorcade; convoy
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
bow hand; left hand; left side; one's left
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army