address; address; email address; addressing (the ball)
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
chance (of success); odds
one-sided; partial; unfair
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
battle of wits; contest of wits
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to be settled; to be brought to an end
precarious situation; precarious state
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
precision instrument or machine
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
delivery; transfer; hand-over
line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
mobilization; mobilisation