to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
full payment; liquidation
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
collaborative research; joint research
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
(national) capital (city); metropolis
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
that's true; of course; obviously
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
secret information; intelligence
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
intelligence network; information network
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
countermeasure; counter-measure
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing