big-name brand; brand-name goods
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
the very start; the very beginning
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
chief; main; principal; major
IQ; intelligence quotient
boisterously; roughly; briskly
health; healthy; sound; fit
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
outer; outerwear; overgarment
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
ultimate; final; last; eventual
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
conference room; place of assembly
university student; college student
graduate; alumnus; alumna
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
women's college; women's university
life; living; I; me; student
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
comprehension; understanding