courtesy call; courtesy visit
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
cheap article; poor quality article
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
gem; jewel; precious stone
at once; immediately; right now
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
rave reviews; extremely high praise
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
prize money; monetary award; reward
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
acceleration; speeding up
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to accept; to receive; to agree
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
information technology; IT
enterprise; business; company; corporation