classified information; top secret
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
balance ball; exercise ball; Swiss ball
very small; tiny; insignificant
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
wired; cabled; communication by wire
communications equipment; terminal; communications device
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to be fated; to be linked by fate
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
armament; soldier's equipment
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away