grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
black-market lending; illegal loan
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
of great promise; with a promising future
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be complacent; to look self-satisfied
reputation; respectability
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
to have an eye on; to zero in on
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome