courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
messenger; envoy; emissary
one's own handwriting; autograph
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
and so; therefore; for that reason
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way