opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
(courteous) invitation; call
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
for (some) doubtful points to remain
to ride side by side; to walk side by side; to go together; to join forces; to work together; (lit.) to line up horses' bits
first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes); wearing
inexperienced; unrealistic; knowing but little of the world
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to happen to hear; to overhear
trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
to be born; to come into the world
do-or-die game; crucial contest
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
in general; generally; usually
to have learning; to be educated
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
one's son; punk; brat; bastard
to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to badger; to pester; to beg
distrust; unjust suspicion
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
to beat time; to mark time