1 star

2 big shot

3 celebrity

4 leading actor

5 authority (slang)

1 wrist

2 trickery

3 finesse

4 ability

5 skill

1 to strangle

2 to throttle

1 to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)

1 ankle

1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)

2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)

1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

1 brief and to the point (idiom)

2 succinct