beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
audience (with a person of high standing)
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
tournament; knockout competition
to live; to make a living; to get on with
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
whichever one chooses; either way
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
surely; certainly; without doubt
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
rare (or peculiar) animal
memory; sense; experience
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice