to get a reputation as a philanderer
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
country; territory; domain; realm
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
of course; certainly; naturally
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
process; course; mechanism
head start; initiative; preemption
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to make one's own; to take possession of
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
at that time; in those days
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)