winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to comfort; to console; to amuse
way; method; means; resource; course
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
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
certainly; surely; definitely
shooting on horseback; equestrian archery
this (very thing); this precisely
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to say; to tell; to state; to do
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 sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious