horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
transactions; dealings; business
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
with (the sound of) clashing swords; (arguing) fiercely; heatedly; vehemently
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
two persons; two people; pair; couple
opinion; point of view; visual point
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
superior; superiors; senior
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
attendance; presence; appearance
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
beautiful legs; great legs