shy; bashful; timid; reserved
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
beauty contest to name Miss ...
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
to polish up; to shine up
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
urge; demand; importunity
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to wring the neck; to strangle
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
drawing; painting; picture
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
main cause; primary factor
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
finishing blow; coup de grâce
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
good humour (humor); good mood
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
business; trade; operations; sales
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
social; societal; societary
influence; clout; leverage
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion