number of persons; personnel
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
what proportion; what percentage
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to cause a person trouble
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
rather than; more ... than ...
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
border (between countries); national border
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
the same generation; coeval
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
overwhelming; overpowering; prevailing
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive