diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
degree of familiarity; popularity
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
leader; central personage
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
otherwise; or else; if not
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
mobilization; mobilisation
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
preliminary step; first step
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion