to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
article; news story; report; account
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
complete change; about-face
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
good impression; favorable impression
training; drill; practice; discipline
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
very much; exceedingly; extremely
threat; intimidation; menace
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
most attractive feature (of a person)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when