speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes); wearing
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
forgetting; lapse of memory
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
probability; likelihood; chances
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
co-sleeping; sleeping together
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
diversion; distraction; feint
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out