executives; top management; governing body
banknote; bill; note; paper money
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
to launch a surprise attack
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
secret information; intelligence
man proposes, God disposes; do your best and leave the rest to providence; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
internal trouble; domestic trouble
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
great laughter; burst of laughter
putting a plan into operation
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
host; landlord; innkeeper
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
inattention; absent-mindedness
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to decline (after a peak); to wane; to be lost in thought; to be in a pensive mood
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw