collection of books; (personal) library
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
periodic; regular; routine
commercial (TV or radio advertisement); commercial
home area; home town; local
study group; study meeting
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
conviction; belief; confidence
unexpected meeting; coincidence
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
establishment; settlement
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
the last moment; the very end
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
in the meanwhile; during the time
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
astronomical observation; stargazing
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat