appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
somehow; for some reason or other
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
personal (employee); employed; retained
certainly; surely; definitely
shooting on horseback; equestrian archery
lethality; killing effectiveness
this (very thing); this precisely
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to say; to tell; to state; to do
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse