to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
item; something that one "just has to have"
to grow up; to become an adult
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
near oneself; close to one; familiar
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
drinking party; get-together
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
to happen to have on hand or in stock
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
job hunting; job searching
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
rejection (of an application)
company; corporation; workplace
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
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)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short