touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
express; special delivery
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
by today; before the day is over
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
at that time; in those days
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
hey there; I say; see here
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
hollow; cavity; hole; cave