hostile party; enemy side
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
nonchalant air; unruffled air
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
injured person; wounded person
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
proper; right; reasonable
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
declaration; proclamation; announcement
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear