to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
yield; output; production
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
latex (milky fluid found in plants); milky lotion (cosmetic); body milk
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
article to be delivered; present
having children; attempting to conceive
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
progress; being under way
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily