to look down on; to make light of
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation