company president; manager; director
very popular; highly favoured
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
indictment; prosecution; complaint
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
soon; shortly; before long
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
labor standard; labor standards (e.g. bureau, law)
suggestion; hint; implication
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
preparatory phase; preparatory period
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
what time; (lit.) which hour
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)