glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
dining with one's superior; dining with one's superiors
by all means; by all costs
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
presence; sitting with; being with
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
crown; diadem; bottle cap
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to increase; to add to; to augment
another dimension; different level; whole other level
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
I wonder if it is not (something, a thing)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
protest; refutation; pleading
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to grant someone's request
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
to happen to have on hand or in stock
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor