success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
memory; sense; experience
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
comparatively; relatively
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
decision; settlement; definition
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
supply; provision; raising; procurement
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...