best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
item; something that one "just has to have"
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
dominion; territory; possession
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
rule; reign; government; governing
management; administration; operation
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
home area; home town; local
locational advantage; advantageous position
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
secret; private; surreptitious
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to make public; to bring to light
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open