to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to take back; to recapture
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
front; frontage; facade; main
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
separate case; another matter
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to look forward to something
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
just the other day; quite recently
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
cooperation; collaboration
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
regarding highly; attaching importance to
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above