entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
advance; moving forward; progress
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
guaranteed; authentic; certified
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
human kindness; human weakness
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
women's college; women's university
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
sterilization; sterilisation
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
co-education; mixed education
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to talk to oneself; to mutter
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
ordinary person; unenlightened person
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
secret; private; surreptitious