(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
trial product; prototype model
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
upper floor (of a building)
to boost; to force up; to push up
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
group; party; team; squad; section
to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
allegiance; obedience; submission
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
valuation basis; appraisal standard
ambitious; motivated; willful
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression