bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
company president; manager; director
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
start-up company; venture business
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
light; faint; pale; fleeting
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
looks; personal appearance; features
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
carnivore; carnivorous animal
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
at your own discretion; as you see fit
discipline; training; teaching manners
(another's) daughter; young lady
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
odds and ends; all; every
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
commercial value; commodity value; marketability