pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to pick a fight; to find fault
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
firm promise; definite promise
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
the last moment; the very end
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
tomfoolery; monkey business
half-sister (younger, different mother)
being intrusive; intrusive person
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
military family; warrior class
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
drama; play; powerful drug
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best