taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
on the occasion of; at the time of
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
prize money; monetary award; reward
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
tool; implement; means; furniture
letter; missive; note; mail
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to agree on; to agree about
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to spread; to be propagated
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
conviction; belief; confidence
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to set (sun); to become dark
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag