person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets); person fond of spicy food
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
again; once more; a second time
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
failure; mistake; blunder
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to subsist; to keep on living
to be silent; to say nothing
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
amusing; funny; interesting
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate