extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
place; position; location; position; standing; status
(social) class; rank; grade
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
evident; plain; distinct; clear
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
control; management (e.g. of a business)
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
generation; lifetime; age
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
contract; compact; agreement
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful