to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
delay; putting off; procrastination
by all means; by all costs
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
proposal; offer; request; application
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
cooperation; collaboration
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
transactions; dealings; business
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)