mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
rich person; wealthy person
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
someone who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
about; concerning; related to; -ish
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
unable to back down; unable to withdraw; stuck in a position where one cannot pull back; committed
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
silk thread; silk yarn; corn silk
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
authenticity; credibility
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to thrust away; to send flying
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to raise one's voice; to shout
wish; desire; ambition; choice
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
death by crushing; being crushed to death
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness